The Law Magazine and Review: A Quarterly Review of JurisprudenceSaunders and Benning, 1914 - Law |
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... illegal ) by statute " or " contracts made in breach of a statute . " Apparently this might include either ( a ) agreements made with a view to committing a statutory felony or misdemeanour , or ( B ) agreements which indirectly involve ...
... illegal ) by statute " or " contracts made in breach of a statute . " Apparently this might include either ( a ) agreements made with a view to committing a statutory felony or misdemeanour , or ( B ) agreements which indirectly involve ...
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... illegal consideration . " Previous to 1835 , securities for money lost at ( or on ) games , or for money lent with a view to gaming or betting , were so utterly void that even . an innocent purchaser for value of such security or negoti ...
... illegal consideration . " Previous to 1835 , securities for money lost at ( or on ) games , or for money lent with a view to gaming or betting , were so utterly void that even . an innocent purchaser for value of such security or negoti ...
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... illegal consideration : whereas the Act of 1845 applies to wagering contracts gene- rally , and to the contracts themselves merely , by providing that such agreements shall be null and void . Thus there is a difference between a bet on ...
... illegal consideration : whereas the Act of 1845 applies to wagering contracts gene- rally , and to the contracts themselves merely , by providing that such agreements shall be null and void . Thus there is a difference between a bet on ...
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... illegal , for there was nothing pro- hibited about it , but it was simply void : so that the wager itself was not an illegal consideration , but the same as no consideration at all . Now , by the Common - law rule as to negotiable ...
... illegal , for there was nothing pro- hibited about it , but it was simply void : so that the wager itself was not an illegal consideration , but the same as no consideration at all . Now , by the Common - law rule as to negotiable ...
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... illegal consideration , and therefore the action was not maintainable . And this decision was upheld unanimously by the Court of Appeal . It mattered not that the plaintiff ( to whom the cheque was indorsed ) had given good ...
... illegal consideration , and therefore the action was not maintainable . And this decision was upheld unanimously by the Court of Appeal . It mattered not that the plaintiff ( to whom the cheque was indorsed ) had given good ...
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