 | 1915 - 674 Seiten
...decisions have said: "By 'public policy' is intended that principle of the law which holds that no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good, which may be termed the 'policy of the law'." Another court has said that: "Public policy is but the... | |
 | 1922 - 1022 Seiten
...policy, which has sometimes been defined as: Iá2 (115 A.) "That principle of law which holds that no 143 subject or citizen can lawfully do that which has...injurious to the public or against the public good." Wakefield v. Van Tassell, 202 111. 41, 66 NB 830, 65 LR A. 511, 95 Am. St. Rep. 207; Consumers' Oil... | |
 | 1914 - 1290 Seiten
...108.«] 2. CONTRACTS (8 108*)— LEGALITY— "PUBLIC POLICY." The principles which hold that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public gond may be termed the policy of the law, or "public policy," in relation to the administration of... | |
 | 1901 - 1168 Seiten
...he was apprehended, convicted, and executed. It is well settled that no one can lawfully contract to do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good. Can there be a legal life insurance against the miscarriage of justice? Can contracts be based on the... | |
 | 1909 - 1166 Seiten
...It is perhaps correct to say that public policy is that principle of law which holds that no person can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be Injurious to the public or against the public good, which müy be designated, as It sometimes has been, the policy of the law or public policy in relation... | |
 | Texas Bar Association - 1928 - 274 Seiten
...tendency to the violation of a positive duty." And Lord Truro in Edgerton v. Brownloiv said "No subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good." Our own Supreme Court in Marshall v. B. & 0. RR Co. (16 How. 314) declared: "Public policy and sound... | |
 | 1926 - 1636 Seiten
...the prohibited contracts, upon the ground that they are against public policy, are those which have "a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good," and that their validity is determined by their general tendency at the time they are made, and, if... | |
 | 1926 - 1626 Seiten
...It is perhaps correct to say that public policy is that principle of law which holds that no person can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be' injurious to the public or against the public good, which may be designated, as it sometimes has been, the policy of the law or public policy in relation... | |
 | Alabama. Court of Appeals, Lawrence H. Lee - 1914 - 778 Seiten
...but their general purpose and spirit as well ; it is that principle of law which holds that no person can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the publie, or against the public good as ascertained or measured by the settled policy of the state or... | |
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It is perhaps correct .to say that public policy is that principle of law which holds that no person can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good... 
