 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
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1878 - 412 páginas
...standard definition of contract, approved by all. It is often defined, in form too short to be helpful, as "an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing." Met. Con. 1 et seq. And see the other books on Contracts. My definition fails to... | |
 | Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1879 - 584 páginas
...misconstruction than those which are to be explained. A contract is an agreement in which a person undertakes to do or not to do a particular thing....has given his promissory note to pay the plaintiff on or before a certain day. The contract binds him to pay that sum on that day; and this is its obligation.... | |
 | Timothy Walker - 1882 - 850 páginas
...side, and the burden all on mine, without any mutuality or reciprocity. If I fail to perform, («) "A contract is an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular tiling." Marshall, CJ, Sturges v. Crowninshield, 4 Wheat. 197. Tins definition, omitting... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1882 - 734 páginas
...has also been defined to be a compact between two or more persons.3 Chief Justice Marshall says, " A contract is an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing."4 This seems a complete definition. The consideration does not enter into the definition,... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1883 - 870 páginas
...agreement between two or more parties to do or net to do a particular thing. Taney, CJ, 11 Pet. 420, 572. An agreement in which a party undertakes to do or not to do a particular thing. Marshall, CJ, 4 Wheat. 197. An agreement between two or more parties for the doing... | |
 | 1884 - 938 páginas
...Crowninshield, 4 Wheat. 193, thus defines one meaning of the word : "A contract is an agreement wherein a party undertakes to do or not to do a particular thing; the law binds him to perform his engagement, and this is the obligation of the contract." In illustration of another meaning of the... | |
 | 1884 - 1006 páginas
...Crownin shield, 11 Wheat. 193, thus defines one meaning of the word: "A con tract is an agreement wherein a party undertakes to do or not to do a particular thing; the law binds him to perform his engagement, and this is the obligation of the contract." In illustration of another meaning of the... | |
 | 1895 - 1140 páginas
...constitution: "A contract la an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not todo, a particular thiug. The law binds him to perform his undertaking, and...this is, of course, the obligation of his contract." This definition was cited with approval In Ogden v. Saunders. 12 Wheat. 31 S. It was there said: "The... | |
 | 1884 - 836 páginas
...sufficient consideration, to do or not to do a particular thing;" by ChiefJustice Marshall, "an acreement in which a party undertakes to do or not to do a particular thing ; ' and by Prof. Theophilus Parsons, "an agreement between two or more parties for... | |
 | 1885 - 1070 páginas
...which are more intelligible, or less liable to misconstruction, th;m those which are to be explained. A contract is an agreement in which a party undertakes to do or not to do a particular thing. The law bint/* him to perform his undertaking, and this is, of course, the obligation of his contract. " In... | |
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