 ... but if the promise be entirely disconnected with the illegal act, and is founded on a new consideration, it is not affected by the act, although it was known to the party to whom the promise was made, and although he was the contriver and conductor...  The American Jurist: And Law Magazine - Page 151843Full view - About this book
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...not assist him. So it is ruled in Toler v. Armstrong, 4 WCCR 300, that if the promise be unconnected with the illegal act, and is founded on a new consideration, it is not tainted by the act. Story, in his Treatise on Contracts, ยง 227, thus states the law : " If an act... | |
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