The Principles of the American Law of Contracts at Law and in Equity

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Thomas law book Company, 1923 - 755 sider
 

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Acceptance of OfferBy Whom 23 Offerer May Prescribe Time Place and Condition of Acceptance
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CHAPTER II
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Must be Signed by Party Charged
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Signing by Agent
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Agreement not Void but Simply Unenforceable
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Part Performance
88
THE STATUTE OF FRAUDSSEVENTEENTH SECTION 89 Introductory a What Contracts are Within the Statute
89
Goods Wares and Merchandise
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Contracts for Work and Labor
91
Value
92
CHAPTER III
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Contracts Required to be in Writing III THE STATUTE OF FRAUDSFOURTH SECTION 74 Introductory
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a What Contracts are Within the Statute 75 Special Promise by Executor or Administrator
109
Promise to Answer for Debt Default or Miscarriage of Another
110
Agreements in Consideration of Marriage 78 Interest in or Concerning Lands
113
Agreements not to be Performed within a Year
115
Other Agreements which are and are not within the Statute
118
b Form Required by the Statute 81 General Principles
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Acceptance and Receipt
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Earnest or Part Payment
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c Effect of NonCompliance
137
CHAPTER IV
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Forbearance to
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Motive and Moral Obligation
169
Past Consideration
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Consideration Obtained by Fraud or Duress
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Failure of Consideration
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Introductory CHAPTER V
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Contracts Which Law Would Have Compelled 134 AnteNuptial Debts of Wife 135 Infant Liable for Necessaries
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THE MODE OF FORMING THE RELATION 165 Introductory a The Capacity of the Parties
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2 Form of the Contract 192 Authority Must Be Executed in Name of Principal 193 Agent May Bind Himself Personally 194 Liability of Agent Who ...
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Alien Enemies B ALIENS C
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Convicts Contracts D CORPORATIONS 124 Corporation Defined
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Contracts of Corporation When Binding 126 Powers of CorporationMeaning of Ultra Vires 127 Contract Ultra Vires Unenforceable Unless Executed
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Introductory E INFANTS
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What are Necessaries
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Borrowing Money for Necessaries 138 Express Contracts for Necessaries
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Securities Given for Necessaries
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Province of Judge and Jury 141 Ratification After Reaching Majority
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Express Ratification by New Promise
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Must Be Made With Knowledge of Nonliability 144 Effect of Ratification
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Implied Ratification from Acts and Conduct
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Disaffirmance Before Reaching Majority
208
The Right to Disaffirm
209
Disaffirmance Must Be in Toto
210
Form of Disaffirmance
211
SameImplied Disaffirmance
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When Disaffirmance RequiredLapse of Time
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Effect of Disaffirmance
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Plea of Infancy Personal to Infant
217
Torts Connected with Contracts
218
F MARRIED WOMEN 155 Property Rights of Wife at Common
219
Her Separate Estate in Equity
221
Contracts of Wife in Equity
222
The Wifes Statutory Estate
223
Wifes Contracts for Necessaries
224
Contracts of Insane Persons
228
By Act or By Omission 230 Making False Statements
230
Insanity Not Known to Other Party
231
Who May Be Principal and Agent b The Form of the Contract of Employment
235
Formation of the Contract of AgencyIn General 168 Form of the Contract
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Acts and Conduct
238
Necessity
239
Ratification
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Form of Ratification 173 Ratification by Acts and Conduct
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Declarations of Agent
244
Ratification Shifts Liability to Principal
245
What Acts Cannot Be Ratified
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II THE EFFECT OF THE RELATION 177 Introductory a Rights and Liabilities of Principal and Agent Inter Se 178 Duty of Principal to Reward an...
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Duties of AgentIn General
250
To Make No Personal Profit
251
By Agreement
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By Act of One of the Parties
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Introductory 219 Fradulent Misrepresentation 220 Special Contracts Affected by Misrepresentation 221 Contracts of Insurance
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Contracts for Purchase of Stock in Corporations
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Contracts for Sale of Lands 224 Contracts Between Parties in Certain Fiduciary Rela tions 225 Term in Contract
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Remedies at Law 227 Remedies in Equity
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FRAUD SECTION 228 Fraud Defined a False Representation
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h Remedies 253 Remedies of Party DefraudedElection to Affirm
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Rescission of Contract
341
Limits to Right to Rescind
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CHAPTER VII
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Agreements Obstructing Course of Justice 313 Compounding Criminal Offenses 314 Agreements Ousting Jurisdiction of Courts 315 Maintenance an...
364
Statute Merely Imposing Penalty
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TION
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Illustrations of Agreement Contrary to Statutes 287 Wagers
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Agreements for Future Delivery of Goods
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Contracts of Insurance
375
Sunday Contracts
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Works of Necessity or Charity
379
Agreements Partly Made on Sunday
380
Rescission and Ratification B AGREEMENTS IN BREACH OF COMMON LAW RULES 294 Introductory
381
Agreements with Alien Enemies 296 Agreements to Commit Crime
382
Agreements to Commit Civil Wrong 298 Agreements to Defraud Third Persons
383
Agents and Persons in Fiduciary Relations
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Frauds upon Marital Rights
386
Agreements between Creditor and Debtor affecting Surety
388
Agreements to Defraud the Public
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SameAuction Sales
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Fraud and Illegality Distinguished
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AGREEMENTS AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY
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Introductory 306 Agreements to Influence Legislative Action
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Consideration Legal but Promise Partly ilegal
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Consideration Partly Illegal
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Promises and Consideration Severable 337 The Unlawful Intention
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Knowledge of Illegal IntentionThe English Rule
432
The American Rule
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Exceptions to the American Rule
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Agreements Legal in One Place but Illegal in Another
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Agreements Legal at One Time but Illegal a Another 343 Securities Given on Illegal Transaction
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Distinction Between Void Voidable and Unenforceable
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CHAPTER VIII
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CHAPTER IX
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A ASSIGNMENT BY ACT OF PARTIES 358 Assignment of Liabilities
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Assignment of Rights
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PART III
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Identity of SubjectMatter 388 Application of Phrases 389 Latent and Patent Ambiguity
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c USAGES OF TRADE
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To Explain Technical Terms in Written Contracts
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CHAPTER XI
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Writen and Printed Words
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Grammar and Punctuation
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Construction Against Party Using Words
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PART IV
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CHAPTER XII
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CHAPTER XIII
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CHAPTER XIV
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CHAPTER XV
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DISCHARGE BY BREACH
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CHAPTER XVII
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Dependent Conditions Precedent Must be Performed or Promise Discharged
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Condition and Warranty Distinguished
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Waiver of Conditions
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PART V
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CHAPTER XVIII
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SameConstruction of Contracts as
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SameRules for Construction of Such Contracts
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No Second Action for Same Damages
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CHAPTER XIX
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CHAPTER XX
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Introductory
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What May Not be Assigned 361 Choses in Action Not Assignable at Common Law 362 Rule in Equity 363 Notice of Assignment Necessary 364 For...
Promise Beyond Legal Duty or Contractual Obligation 109 Payment of Part of Debt
Contracts for Necessaries
5
Statute of Limitation Bar Action
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Side 432 - The objection, that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant, sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant. It is not for his sake, however, that the objection is ever allowed ; but it is founded in general principles of policy, which the defendant has the advantage of, contrary to the real justice, as between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if I may so say.
Side 305 - But every one has a right to select and determine with whom he will contract, and cannot have another person thrust upon him without his consent. In the familiar phrase of Lord Denman, '• you have the right to the benefit you anticipate from the character, credit, and substance of the party with whom you contract.
Side 317 - Ignorantia juris haud excusat ' ; but in that maxim the word ' jus ' is used in the sense of denoting general law. the ordinary law of the country. But when the word ' jus ' is used in the sense of denoting a private right, that maxim has no application. Private right of ownership is a matter of fact ; it may be the result also of matter of (1) LR 2 HL, 149.
Side 117 - ... or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged therewith or some other person...
Side 116 - g reements (1677) no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate...
Side 140 - That a contract for the sale of articles then existing, or such as the vendor, in the ordinary course of his business, manufactures or procures for the general market, whether on hand at the time or not, is a contract for the sale of goods, to which the statute applies. But, on the other hand, if the goods are to be manufactured especially for the purchaser, and upon his special order, and not for the general market, the case is not within the statute.
Side 447 - ... contracts are to be construed and interpreted according to the laws of the State in which they are made, unless from their tenor it is perceived that they were entered into with a view to the laws of some other State.
Side 138 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment, or that some note or memorandum in writing of the said bargain be made and signed by the parties to be charged by such contract, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized.
Side 286 - The result seems to be that where an agreement is entered into on a sufficient consideration, whereby an authority is given for the purpose of securing some benefit to the donee of the authority, such an authority is irrevocable. This is what is usually meant by an authority coupled with an interest.
Side 117 - ... whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default...

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