 It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract is void as being against public policy, because, if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires, it is that men of full age...  Lawyers' Reports Annotated - Page 4291891Full view - About this book
 | 1897 - 808 pages
...improvement.'' And this is still further emphasized by the minority opinion of the Court, which says : " If there is one thing which more than another public...shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be held sacred and shall be enforced... | |
 | Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - 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,... | |
 | 1921 - 510 pages
...and most undisputable of lesser public policies to the contrary. "If there is one thing," he said, "which more than another, public policy requires it...contracting, and that their contracts, when entered freely and voluntarily, shall be held sacred and shall be enforced by Courts of Justice. Therefore... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1876 - 692 pages
...by the remarks of the Master of the Rolls in a very late case : — " It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which...contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, ehall be held (a) Cp. Da, Cotta v. Jones, Cowp. withstanding it did not appear that 729. Wager on sex... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1876 - 694 pages
...Master of the Eolls in a very late case : — "It must not be forgotten that you are not to extent! arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract...entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be held (a) Cp. Da Costa v. Jones, Cowp. withstanding it did not appear that 729. Wager on sex of third person... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1878 - 734 pages
...out by the remarks of the Master of the Rolls in a late case : — " It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which...full age and competent understanding shall have the upmost liberty of contracting, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily,... | |
 | 1897 - 2078 pages
...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,... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1881 - 848 pages
...borne out by the followingremarks of the Master of the Rolls : — " It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which...understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, ami that their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be held sacred and shall... | |
 | 1895 - 1168 pages
...his opinion in the case of Registering Co. v. Sampson, LR 19 Eq. 465: "It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which...competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contract, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be held sacred,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1897 - 798 pages
...as said by Sir G. Jessel, Master of the Rolls, in Printing cfrc. Company v. Sampson, LR 19 Eq. 462, "if there is one thing which more than another public...shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and their contracts when entered into freely and voluntarily shall be held sacred and shall be enforced... | |
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