| 1881 - 956 páginas
...for wages without fault of the seaman, to secure to him indemnity ; or, in other words, to place him in as good a position as he would have been in had the contract been performed. In this case no port for the termination of the voyage was fixed in the shipping... | |
| John Hoff Stewart - 1880 - 900 páginas
...But he that would have equity must do equity. All that the complainant can ask is that he be placed in as good a position as he would have been in had he received a valid tax title for ninety-nine years to the McDermott property. Therefore, while he... | |
| United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit), Robert William Hughes - 1883 - 560 páginas
...for wages without fault of the seaman, to secure to him indemnity ; or, in other words, to place him in as good a position as he would have been in had the contract been performed. In this case no port for the termination of the voyage was fixed in the shipping... | |
| 1901 - 1166 páginas
...expended In extensions and permanent Improvements to Its works and system of mains and pipes a sum of money not exceeding $12,500, on which the trustee...In Livingston's Ex'x v. Story, 11 Pet 351, 9 L. Ed. 740, the supreme court of the United States held that, by answering on the merits, a defendant who,... | |
| 1911 - 728 páginas
...In an action of tort for deceit it may be said that the law should endeavor to place the plaintiff in as good a position as he would have been in had no tort been committed; that is, if the plaintiff had not entered into the bargain at all. On the other... | |
| Samuel Williston - 1920 - 1164 páginas
...In an action of tort for deceit it may be said that the law should endeavor to place the plaintiff in as good a position as he would have been in had no tort been committed; that is, if the plaintiff had not entered into the bargain at all. On the other... | |
| New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division - 1922 - 1112 páginas
...general purpose of the law is, and should be, to give compensation : — that is, to put the plaintiff in as good a position as he would have been in had the defendant kept his contract." Again, in the same section: " It also seems to have been the theory upon... | |
| 1922 - 1218 páginas
...put the plaintiff in as good a position as he was in before the contract was entered into rather than in as good a position as he would have been in had the contract been carried out." And this rule seems to be applied to either a partial or a total breach.... | |
| New York (State). Courts - 1922 - 882 páginas
...underlying the award of damages is to give compensation to the injured party; in other words, to put him in as good a position as he would have been in had the other party kept his contract. 3 Williston Cont. § 1338. In this case the jury found that through... | |
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