 A contract executed, as well as one which is executory, contains obligations binding on the parties. A grant, in its own nature, amounts to an extinguishment of the right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert that right. A party is, therefore,...  United States Supreme Court Reports - Página 178por United States. Supreme Court - 1910Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | United States. Congress - 1825 - 738 páginas
...transferable, or the proper objects of contract. A grant (and such is a charter) extinguishes the right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert that right until the end of the charter; yet it is not competent for the Secretary or the President to take advantage... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart - 1835 - 526 páginas
...obligations binding on the parties. A grant in its own nature, amounts to an extinguishment of the right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert that right. If under a fair construction of the constitution, grants are comprehended under the term contracts,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 páginas
...obligations binding on the parties^ A grant, in its own nature, amounts to an extinguishment of the right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert that right. If under a fair construction of the Constitution, grants are comprehended under the term contracts,... | |
 | James Kent - 1832 - 590 páginas
...though that party be the legislature of a state. A grant amounts to an extinguishment of the right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert that right. A grant from a state is as much protected by the operation of the provision of the constitution, as a... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 800 páginas
...only a chose in action. Since, then, a grant is in fact a contract executed, the obligation of which continues ; and since the constitution uses the general...executed ; it must be construed to comprehend the former, as well as the latter. A state law, therefore, annulling conveyances between individuals, and... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Isaac Newton Blackford - 1836 - 550 páginas
...obligations binding on the parties; that a grant, in its nature, amounts to an extinguishment of the right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert that right; and that in fact, a grant is a contract executed, and that its obligation as such continues in force,... | |
 | James Madison Porter - 1837 - 72 páginas
...its own nature, amounts to an extinguishment of the right of the grantor, »nd implies a contract nut to reassert that right. A party is, therefore, always...continues, and since the constitution uses the general terra contract, without distinguishing between those which are executory and those which are executed,... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 696 páginas
...obligations binding on the parties. A grant, in its own nature, amounts to an extinguishment of the right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to re-assert...continues, and since the constitution uses the general termcontract, without distinguishing between those which are executory and those which are executed,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 páginas
...obligations binding on the parties. A grant, in its own nature, amounts to an extinguishment of the .right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert...then, in fact, a grant is a contract executed, the obliga6 Cr. 136. tion of which still continues, and since the constitution uses the general term "contracts,"... | |
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