 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1856 - 798 Seiten
...the appellant. • Nov. Term, •*•"""• SITER and Others v. SHEETS. 7 1*2| SlTBR v- 'A contract for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute, is void, though the statute itself does not mention that it is so. Assnmpsit by .1. mid /.'.... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1857 - 936 Seiten
...matter or tiling which is prohibited, and made unlawful by anv statute, is a void contract, though tiie statute itself does not mention that it shall be so,...only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because a penaltv implies a prohibition, though there arc no prohibitory words in the statute." (c) Drury >'.... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1859 - 928 Seiten
...held to be illegal and void. 6 In Bartlett v. Vinor, Carth. 251, the law is thus stated by Holt, CJ : "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... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1859 - 936 Seiten
...made unlawful by statute, is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall bo so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute." This is cited and adopted by Tindal, C. J-, in Do Begnis... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1860 - 692 Seiten
...ordinance will receive the same construction as the one in the case reported in 5 Sand. SCR, 153. 4. 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... | |
 | 1860 - 658 Seiten
...clearly laid down by Lord Holt, in the early case ofSartlett v. Vinor (a), in the following terms : "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 "... | |
 | William Selwyn - 1861 - 840 Seiten
...Simony.—Simony is the corrupt presentation of a person to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, <fcc. Every contract made for or about any matter or thing,...made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, although the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1863 - 654 Seiten
...of laws, and to declare all contracts in the State, repugnant to it, to be illegal and void. Ibid. 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... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1864 - 580 Seiten
...(14) 2 Hall. 560, Falu vs. Mayberry. WHEELER vs. RUSSELL. In Bartlett vs. Vinor, Holt, CJ, says, " Every contract made for or about any matter or thing,...and made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract ; although the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on... | |
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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... 
