 | New York (State). Courts - 1914 - 822 Seiten
...and unenforcible. Whether a contract is contrary to public policy, that principle of la"w that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public, or against the public Misc.] Supreme Court, February, 1914. good, is to be ascertained from the law of the state as found... | |
 | 1894 - 922 Seiten
...to public policy. ' Public policy is defined as "that principle of the law which holds that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public, or a'gainst the public good." 19 Am. & Eng. Ene. Law, 565; Egerton v. Broitnlow, 4 HL Cas. 1: Swann v. Swann, 21 Fed. Rep. 299; Dames... | |
 | John Lewis - 1895 - 826 Seiten
...language of Lord TRURO in Egcrton v. Earl Brownlow, 4 HL Cas. 1, 196. The Illinois Supreme Court says: "Public policy is that principle of law which holds' that no subject or citizen can lawfully do * Reported in 160 Mass. 50; 35 NE Rep. 98. that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public,... | |
 | 1895 - 794 Seiten
...of public policy. By public policy is intended that principle of- the law which holds that no person can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public, or is against the public good. Hence it fo'lows that an agreement to do an unlawful act canuot.be supported... | |
 | 1895 - 1210 Seiten
...Brougham 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 is against the public good." Egerton v. Earl Brownlow, supra. The trouble is not in the principle of... | |
 | 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 - 1896 - 780 Seiten
...then, and in that event, the agreement must he held as hostile to public policy, and therefore void. Public policy is that principle of law which holds...This principle owes its existence to the very sources from which the common law is supplied. Greenhood Pub. Policy, pages 2 and 3. The law regards the good... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Hirschl - 1896 - 682 Seiten
...considered of full force until repealed by legislative authority." Public policy is that principle of the law which holds that no subject or citizen can lawfully...This principle owes its existence to the very sources from which the common law is supplied. (Greenhood on Public Policy, pages 2 and 3.) The common law... | |
 | 1896 - 922 Seiten
...decide the question of public policy for themselves, and nre not bound by decisions of slate courts. Public policy is that principle of law which holds...be injurious to the public, or against the public (rood. People v. Chicago Ga* Trust Co. 130 111. 268, 8 LRA 487; Graft v. UeConoitahv. 79 111. 346,... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1896 - 1026 Seiten
...then, and in that event, the agreement must 'be held as hostile to public policy, end therefore void. Public policy is that principle of law -which holds...lawfully do that which has a tendency to 'be injurious to tihe public or against the public good. This principle owes its existence to the very sources from... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Hun, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1894 - 734 Seiten
...appellant, public policy is defined as follows : " That principle of the law which holds that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public, or against the public good, may be termed the policy of the la\v, the public policy in relation to the administration of the law."... | |
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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... 
