| Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1852 - 782 pages
...the marriage contract must be considered.2 In it the parties take each other for better, for worse,3 for richer, for poorer, to cherish each other in sickness and in health; so that a mistake, resulting either from accident, or, generally, from fraudulent practices, in respect... | |
| Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - 1881 - 764 pages
...account; for what would avoid one kind of contract may riot necessarily be sufficient to avoid another. In that contract of marriage which forms the gateway...poorer, to cherish each other in sickness and in health ; conseVarney vs. Vamey. qnently a mistake, whether resulting from accident, or, indeed, generally,... | |
| Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1891 - 826 pages
...which forms the gateway to the marriage status, the parties take each other for better, for worse,2 for richer, for poorer, to cherish each other in sickness...consequently a mistake, whether resulting from accident , or, in general, from fraudulent practices, in respect to the character, fortune, health, or the like, does... | |
| 1911 - 1322 pages
...harsh, but necessary, maxim of the law." As was said in 1 Bishop on Marriage & Divorce, 5th ed. § 167 : "In that contract of marriage which forms the gateway...practices in respect to the character, fortune, health, or the like, does not render void what is done. To this conclusion the authorities all conduct us,... | |
| 1911 - 1334 pages
...harsh, but necessary, maxim of the law." As was said in 1 Bishop on Marriage & Divorce. 5th ed. § 167: "In that contract of marriage which forms the gateway...sickness and in health; consequently, a mistake, whether faulting from accident, or, indeed, generally from fraudulent practices in respect to the character,... | |
| 1902 - 548 pages
...Improved upon. He says: "In tbe contract of marriage which forms tbe gateway to tbe marriage status, the parties take each other for better, for worse,...consequently, a mistake, whether resulting from accident, or, In general, from fraudulent practices. In respect to the character, fortune, health, or the like, does... | |
| California. Supreme Court - 1906 - 846 pages
...many respects from ordinary contracts. It creates a status which society is interested in maintaining. "In that contract of marriage which forms the gateway...consequently a mistake, whether resulting from accident, or in general from fraudulent practices, in respect to character, fortune, health, or the like, does not... | |
| 1921 - 1588 pages
...not render a marriage voidable. And as was said in 1 Bishop on Marriage & Divorce, 5th ed. § 167: "In that contract of marriage which forms the gateway...practices in respect to the character, fortune, health, or the like, does not render void what is done. To this conclusion the authorities all conduct us,... | |
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