 | John Duer - 1845 - 822 Seiten
...since been directly impeached, and in many cases has been distinctly admitted, and followed, that " every contract made for, or about any matter or thing which is prohibited or made unlawful by statute, is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery - 1846 - 730 Seiten
...Ewing v. Osbaldiston (i) : where Lord Cottenham, C. said : " In Bartlett v. Vinor, Lord Holt says : Every contract made for or about any matter or thing...because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute." They added that, if the Court would interfere, still the... | |
 | 1846 - 520 Seiten
...Bartlett v. Vinor, as quoted by Lord Cottenham in Ewing v. Osbaldiston', was relied upon, viz. that every contract made for or about any matter or thing...penalty on the offender: because a penalty implies a ' 2 Myl. & Cr. 85. Q 2 prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute. The Vice-Chancellor... | |
 | 1846 - 518 Seiten
...Bartlett v. Vinor, as quoted by Lord Cottenham in Ewing v. Osbaldiston 1, was relied upon, viz. that every contract made for or about any matter or thing...penalty on the offender : because a penalty implies a ; 2 Myl. & Cr. 85. Q 2 prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute. The Vice-Chancellor... | |
 | Samuel Owen - 1846 - 494 Seiten
...criminal act. No principle rests upon a surer basis than that which has long prevailed at common law, that every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited or made unlawful by statute, is a void contract; that assumpsit cannot be sustained on an illegal consideration.... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1887 - 562 Seiten
...the contract was not void. But in the more recent case of Bartlett vs. Vinor, Holt, CJ, held, that every contract made for or about any matter or thing...contract, though the statute itself does not mention it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty; because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there... | |
 | John William Smith - 1847 - 438 Seiten
...Carthew, 252., which is always referred to as a standard authority on this subject, the LCJ HOLT says, " Every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts... | |
 | William Paley - 1847 - 732 Seiten
...case is to be decided, is very clearly expressed by Holt, CJ, in Bartlett v. Viner, Carth. 252 — ' Every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts... | |
 | Edmund Chisholm-Batten - 1849 - 472 Seiten
...Vinor (f), and of Lord Ellenborough in Langton v. Hughes (/). In Bartlett v. Vinor, Lord Holt says, ' Every contract made for or about any matter or thing...because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute.' In Langton v. Hughes, Lord Ellenborough says, 'What is done... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1849 - 686 Seiten
...natural born subject. (s) SECTION II. CONTRACTS PROHIBITED AND RENDERED INVALID BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. " Every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute, is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts... | |
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That every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because a penalty... 
