 | 1838 - 860 páginas
...is a compact entered into between two persons to do or not to do a particular thing. A contract is executory or executed: an executory contract is one...in which a party binds himself to do or not to do a particular thing. An executed contract is performed. This diners nothing from a grant. " .Every grant... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 696 páginas
...very interesting question, we immediately ask ourselves what is a contract? Is a grant a contract? A contract is a compact between two or more parties,...the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor. A contract executed is one in which the object of contract is performed ; and this, says... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 páginas
...very interesting question we immediately ask ourselves, What is a contract ? Is a grant a contract ? A contract is a compact between two or more parties,...the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor. A contract executed is one in which the object of contract is performed ; and this, says... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1840 - 394 páginas
...or (as was said on another occasion) a contract is a compact between two or more persons. A contract is either executory, or executed. An executory contract...which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing. An executed contract is one, in which the object of the contract is performed. This... | |
 | 1843 - 516 páginas
...an executory contract, in the case of Fletcher r. Peck (6 Cranch, 136) : " An executory contract u one in which a party binds 'himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing." 3 2 Black. Comm. 446. Gifts, by the common law, are not regarded a« contracts.... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1847 - 440 páginas
...or (as was said on another occasion) a contract is a compact between two or more persons. A contract is either executory, or executed. An executory contract is one, in which a party binds himself to do, or hot to do, a particular thing. An executed contract is one, in which the object of the contract is... | |
 | Kentucky. Constitutional Convention - 1849 - 1140 páginas
...con' tract? Is a grant a contract? A contract is a • compact between two or more parties, and it is 'either executory or executed. An executory ' contract...law under which the conveyance was made • by the governor. A contract executed is one • in which th« object of the contract ia performed ; 'and this,... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1849 - 680 páginas
...touching the settlement of these suits, which is executory. " An executory contract, (says Marshall,) is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do a particular thing." Fleteher vs. Peeli, 6 Craneli, 136. Tho obliAdinus rs. Burrctt. gations of the parties... | |
 | California. Legislature. Assembly - 1853 - 1292 páginas
...interesting question, we immediately ask onrsclves, What is a contract ? Is A GRANT A CONTRACT ?" " A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either city of San Francisco, and now that the State finds herself overwhelmed with debt, it seems due to... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 674 páginas
...interesting question, we immediately ask ourselves, what is a contract ? Is a grant a contract ? " A contract is a compact between two or more parties,...the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor. A contract executed is one in which the object of contract is performed ; and this, says... | |
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A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing ; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the... 
