 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1912 - 970 pages
...it could not make it. Such a contract can not be ratified by either party, because it could not have been authorized by either. No performance on either...be the foundation of any right of action upon it. 139 US, 59, 60. (35, 68, 69.") "But we think the present case falls within the language of Lord Chancellor... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1916 - 720 pages
...that it could not make it. The contract cannot be ratified by either party because it could not have been authorized by either. No performance on either...be the foundation of any right of action upon it." (Central Transportation Co. v. Pullman Palace Car Co. supra.) That case was quoted with approval in... | |
 | 1899 - 2058 pages
...either party, because it could not have been authorized by either. No performance on either side conld give the unlawful contract any validity, or be the foundation of any right of action upon it. But, when a corporation is acting within the general scope of the powers conferred upon it by the legislature,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1896 - 1242 pages
...It could not make it Such a contract cannot be ratified by either party, because it could not have been authorized by either. No performance on either...be the foundation of any right of action upon it" 139 US 59, 60, 11 Sup. Ct 478. But we think the present case falls within the language of Lord Chancellor... | |
 | 1912 - 1332 pages
...it could not make it. Such a contract cannot be ratified by either party, because It could not have been authorized by either. No performance on either...or be the foundation of any right of action upon it 139 US 59, 60 [11 Sup. Ct 478], 35 L. Ed. 68, 69. But we think the present case falls within the language... | |
 | 1893 - 922 pages
...butthat it could not make it. The contract cannot be ratified by either party, because it could not have been authorized by either. No performance on either side can give the unlawful con tract any validity, or be the foundation of any right of action upon it. When a corporation A water-power... | |
 | Theodore William Dwight - 1894 - 940 pages
...contract is not merely that the corporation ought not to have made it, but that it could not make it. ... No performance on either side can give the unlawful...be the foundation of any right of action upon it." p. 59. II. Powers as to «uccession of members, including amotion and disfranchisement. — The capacity... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1894 - 1070 pages
...either party, because it could not have m been authorized by either. No performance on either tide can give the unlawful contract any validity, or be...the foundation of any right of action upon it When a corpora* tion is acting within the general scope of the powers conferred upon it by the legislature,... | |
 | 1895 - 856 pages
...upon the plaintiff by the Legislature," the court decided that no performance on cither side could give the unlawful contract any validity or be the foundation of any right of action upon it. "Whether this plaintiff could maintain any action against this defendant in the nature of a quantum... | |
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... conferred upon it by the legislature, is not voidable only, but wholly void, and of no legal effect. The objection to the contract is, not merely that the corporation ought not to have made it, but that it could not make it. The contract cannot be... 
