Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in England and America, Volum 1Little, Brown,, 1866 - 767 pàgines |
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Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in England ..., Volum 1 Joseph Story Visualització de fragments - 1866 |
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Pàgina 705 - ... unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith...
Pàgina 16 - Equity is a roguish thing ; for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot...
Pàgina 431 - Presumably, it is the sum first paid in that is first drawn out. It is the first item on the debit side of the account that is discharged, or reduced, by the first item on the credit side. The appropriation is made by the very act of setting the two items against each other. Upon that principle, all accounts current are settled, and particularly cash accounts.
Pàgina 361 - The rule of law is clear, that where one, by his words or conduct, wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things, as existing at the same time...
Pàgina 193 - A seller is unquestionably liable to an action of deceit, if he fraudulently represent the quality of the thing sold to be- other than it is, in some particulars, which the buyer has not equal means with himself of knowing ; or if he do so in such a manner as to induce the buyer to forbear making the inquiries, which, for his own security and advantage, he would otherwise have made.
Pàgina 224 - The doctrine, therefore, may be laid down as generally true, " that the acts and contracts of persons who are of weak understandings,2 and who are thereby liable to imposition, will be held void in courts of equity, if the nature of the act or contract justify the conclusion that the party has not exercised a deliberate judgment, but that he has been imposed upon, circumvented, or overcome by cunning or artifice, or undue influence.
Pàgina 467 - The principle established in the case of Deering v. Lord JVinchelsea is universal, that the right and duty of contribution is founded in doctrines of equity ; it does not depend upon Contract. If several persons are indebted, and one makes the payment, the creditor is bound in conscience, if not by contract, to give to the party paying the debt all his remedies against the other debtors.
Pàgina 310 - Indeed the proposition may be stated in a more general form ; that if a creditor does any act injurious to the surety, or inconsistent with his rights, or if he omits to do any act when required by the surety, which his duty enjoins him to do, and the omission proves injurious to the surety, in all such cases the latter will be discharged, and he may set up such conduct as a defence to any suit brought against him, if not at law, at all events in Equity.
Pàgina 398 - The received construction in England at the time they are admitted to operate in this country, indeed to the time of our separation from the British Empire, may very properly be considered as accompanying the statutes themselves and forming an integral part of them.
Pàgina 218 - But to set aside any act or contract on account of drunkenness, it is not sufficient that the party is under undue excitement from liquor. It must rise to that degree which may be called excessive drunkenness, where the party is utterly deprived of the use of his reason and understanding...