P. 249, and the conclusion there arrived at seems to be correct in general, "that an express promise can only revive a precedent good consideration, which might have been enforced at law through the medium of an implied promise, had it not been suspended... Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of ... - Página 252por Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, John Worth Kern, Francis Marion Dice, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1856Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1886 - 832 páginas
...just been made, the conclusion there reached was, that "an express promise, therefore, aa it should, can only revive a precedent good consideration which...the medium of an implied promise, had it not been Buspended by some positive rule of law, but can givo no oriyinsft right of action if the obligation... | |
| 1886 - 944 páginas
...English cases; the result being summed up as follows: "An express promise, therefore, as it should seem, can only revive a precedent good consideration which might have been enforced at l«w through the medium of an implied promise, had it not been suspended by some positive rule of law,... | |
| 1886 - 956 páginas
...which the English cases are reviewed. It is there said that " an express promise, as it should seem, can only revive a precedent good consideration, which might have been enforced by law, through the medium of an implied promise, had it not been suspended by some positive rule of... | |
| Henry Anselm De Colyar - 1887 - 394 páginas
...summed up in a learned note to the case of Wennall v. Adney (y) in the following words : — " That an express promise can only revive a precedent good consideration, which might have been enforeed at law through the medium of an implied promise, had it not been suspended by some positive... | |
| 1903 - 1258 páginas
...earliest is the case of Wennall v. Adney, 3 Bos. & P. 249, which announced the proper rule to be : "That an express promise can only revive a precedent good...some positive rule of law; but can give no original cause of action, If the obligation on which It is founded never could have been enforced at law, though... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1853 - 796 páginas
...•;'.•'; ...... :'•:,:.• .;.•••'/••'-•••. Hargrove and another tt. Freeman. suspended by some positive rule of law, but can give...right of action, if the obligation on which it is fqunded, never could have been enforced at Law, he is clearly contradicted by this case in 5 Tawiton.... | |
| Thomas Brett - 1891 - 660 páginas
...question may now be regarded as definitely answered in the negative. The law may now bo taken to be that an express promise can only revive a precedent good...it not been suspended by some positive rule of law, bnt can give no original cause of action, if the obligation on which it is founded never could have... | |
| Samuel Maxwell - 1892 - 932 páginas
...promise, founded on benefits previously rendered, if voluntary, will not support an action. The reason is, an express promise can only revive a precedent good...some positive rule of law, but can give no original cause of action, if the obligation on which it is founded could not have been so enforced.8 Consideration;... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - 1894 - 1032 páginas
...having adopted the doctrine laid down in the note (a) to Wennall v. Adney, 3 Bos. & P. 249, " that an express promise can only revive a precedent good...some positive rule of law, but can give no original cause of action if the obligation on which it is founded never could have been enforced at law, though... | |
| Henry Anselm De Colyar - 1896 - 400 páginas
...summed up in a learned note to I the case of Wennall \. Adncij (ij) in the following words : — " That an express promise can only revive a precedent good...not been suspended by some positive rule of law; but can-give no original right of action, if the obligation on which it is founded never could have been... | |
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