 ... if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires, it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be...  The Journal of Jurisprudence - Page 3661875Full view - About this book
 | Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 658 pages
...contract. In the language of the Master of the Rolls, in Printing Co. v. Sampion^ L. Reps., 19 Eq., 462 : " If there is one thing which, more than another, public policy requires, it is that contracts shall be held sacred, and shall be enforced by courts of justice." » PARDEE, J. In March,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 2078 pages
...was well expressed by Sir George Jessell in Registering Co. v. Sampson, LE 19 Eq. 402^65, who said: "It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend...arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract is against public policy, because, if there is one thing •which, more than another, public policy requires,... | |
 | Sydney Edward Williams - Law - 1885 - 292 pages
...have shown a disposition to restrict the principle. It must not be forgotten, said Sir George Jessel, "that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules...against public policy, because if there is one thing more than another which public policy requires, it is that men of full age and competent understanding... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Holland - Jurisprudence - 1886 - 402 pages
...has been called ' an unruly steed ; ' and in a recent case the Master of the Rolls observed : ' Yon are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which say...than another public policy requires, it is that men shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1166 pages
...George Jessel, Master of the Rolls, says in Printing Co. v. Sampson, L. R. 19 Eq., at p. 405, that: "It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules that say that a given contract is void as being against public policy, because If there is one thing... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Holland - Jurisprudence - 1888 - 448 pages
...doctrine has been called ' an unruly steed ' ; and in a recent case the Master of the Rolls observed : ' You are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which...than another public policy requires, it is that men shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - Contracts - 1889 - 816 pages
...objection, and the cause had in (0 Cp. Da Costa v. Janet (1778) appear that the person had made " It most not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which Bay that a given contract is void as being against public policy, because if there is one thing which... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Contracts - 1893 - 676 pages
...view of the subject is well expressed by Jessel, MR, in Printing Company v. Sampson,6 where he says: " It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend...requires it is that men of full age and competent undecstanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting and that their contracts when entered into... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 640 pages
...the remarks of Sir GBORGE JESSEL, in Printing Co. v. Sampson, 19 Eq. 462, 465, are worthy of note : " It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend...against public policy, because if there is one thing more than another public policy requires, it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall... | |
 | William Packer Prentice - Police power - 1894 - 578 pages
...horse, and when you once get astride it you never know where it will carry you." So Jessel, MR, holds " it must not be forgotten that you are not to extend...against public policy, because if there is one thing more than another public policy requires, it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall... | |
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