 A contract is an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing. The law binds him to perform his undertaking, and this is, of course, the obligation of his contract.  Kansas Reports - Página 468por Kansas. Supreme Court, Elliot V. Banks, William Craw Webb, Asa Maxson Fitz Randolph, Gasper Christopher Clemens, Thomas Emmet Dewey, Llewellyn James Graham, Oscar Leopold Moore, Earl Hilton Hatcher, Howard Franklin McCue - 1896Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1904 - 444 páginas
...\. Cruwnins/dcld, the court, in explaining the meaning of the terms "obligation of a contract," say, "a contract is an agreement in which a party undertakes...binds him to perform his undertaking, and this is, cf course, the obligation of his contract." That is, as I understand it, the law of the contract forms... | |
 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1829 - 492 páginas
...contract, and the means to enforce it was clearly settled. " A contract" says Chief Justice Marshall, " is an agreement in which a party undertakes to do or not to do a particular thing. The law hinds him to perform his undertaking, and this is, of course, the obligation of his contract." " The... | |
 | 1819 - 660 páginas
...seem difficult to substitute words which are more intelligible, or less liable to misconstruction. A contract is an agreement in which a party undertakes...not to do a particular thing. The law binds him to pel-form bin undertaking, and this is, of course, the obligation of a contract. In the case at bar,... | |
 | 1819 - 652 páginas
...intelligible, or less liable to misconstruction. A contract is an agreement in which a party unilertakijs to do or not to do a particular thing. The law binds him...undertaking, and this is, of course, the obligation of я contract. In the case at bar, the defendant liad given hie promissory note to pay the plaintiff... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1827 - 682 páginas
...contracts without obligation, and many obligations without contracts. •' A contract is defined to be, an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing." Stvr- 1827. gtt v. Crowninshield, (4 Wheat. Rep. 197.) This definition is sufficient... | |
 | Nathan Dane - 1829 - 956 páginas
...said, ' a contract is an agreement in which a party undertakes to do or not to do a particular act. The law binds him to perform his undertaking, and this is of course the obligation of his contract ; ' that is, says Thompson, J. ' as I understand, the law of the contract forms its obligation.' He... | |
 | Nathan Dane - 1829 - 982 páginas
...perform his engagement.' P. 302, Thompson, J. noticed the court in Sturges v. Crowningshield, said, ' a contract is an agreement in which a party undertakes to do or not to do a particular act. The Jaw binds him to perform his undertaking, and this is of course the obligation... | |
 | 1843 - 498 páginas
...books, is that given by the late chief justice Marshall, in the case of Sturges v. Crowninshield : ' " A contract is an agreement, in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing." * Blackstone's definition is — " an agreement, upon sufficient consideration,... | |
 | 1843 - 530 páginas
...the United States, in a case arising on this constitutional prohibition, defined a contract to be " an agreement in which a party undertakes to do or not to do a particular thing." And the decisions, which will presently be cited, have settled the point, that contracts... | |
 | Maryland - 1831 - 256 páginas
...contracts without obligation, and many obligations without contracts. "A contract is defined to be, an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing." Sturges v. Crowninshield, (4 Wheat. Rep. 197.) This definition is sufficient for... | |
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