 Implied are such as reason and justice dictate, and which therefore the law presumes that every man undertakes to perform.  Books 3 & 4 - Page 112by William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860Full view - About this book
 | William Mack, William Benjamin Hale - Law - 1917 - 1308 pages
...Hertzog v. Hertzog. 29 Pa, 465, 467 (where the court, after quoting as follows, "Implied [contracts] are such as reason and justice dictate; and which, therefore, the law presumes that every man undertakes to perform. As, if I employ a person to do any business for me, or perform any work, the... | |
 | Law - 1919 - 828 pages
...courts and writers it has been almost universally so called. "Implied contracts," says Blackstone, "are such as reason and justice dictate, and which, therefore,...the law presumes that every man has contracted to IMPLIED CONTRACT IMPLIED COVENANTS perform, and upon this presumption makes him answerable to such... | |
 | Walter A. Shumaker, George Foster Longsdorf - Law - 1922 - 1150 pages
...price for certain specified goods; to deliver an ox, etc. 2 Bl. Comm. 443. (11) Implied contracts are such as reason and justice dictate, and which, therefore, the law presumes that every man undertakes to perform. Thus, if I employ a person to do any business for me or perform any work, or... | |
 | Charles Augustine (Rev. P., O.S.B.) - Canon law - 1922 - 584 pages
...agreements are those the terms of which are openly uttered and avowed at the time of the making. Implied are such as reason and justice dictate, and which, therefore, the law presumes that every man undertakes to perform, and upon this presumption makes him answerable to those who suffer from his... | |
 | Alfred William Bays - Commercial law - 1923 - 1612 pages
...as, to deliver an ox or ten loads of timber, or to pay a stated price for certain goods. Implied are hed undertakes to perform. As, if I employ a person to do any business for me, or perform any work, the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1927 - 1064 pages
...obligations are such as reason and justice dictate and which the law presumes that every man, in justice, has contracted to perform and upon this presumption makes him answerable to the person who has suffered by his nonperf ormance. Such contracts include obligations imposed by law... | |
 | Oswald Chew - Debts, External - 1928 - 592 pages
...which bulk the largest by far in our daily lives. Blackstone says of them: " Implied contracts are such as reason and justice dictate; and which therefore the law presumes that every man undertakes to perform; as if I employ a person to do any business for me or perform any work, the law... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1126 pages
...implied agreement rests on presumption. ' "Implied contracts," says Blackstone (vol. 2, p. 443) "are such as reason and justice dictate, and which, therefore, the law presumes that every man undertakes to perform." ' 1 Pars. Con. (5th Ed.) p. 4. Presumptions of law. however, need not be stated... | |
 | Insurance law - 1878 - 966 pages
...926. U. s."CC. MA88. CONTRACT. § 186. LIFE. — Implied to accept Premium. — Implied contracts are such as reason and justice dictate, and which, therefore, the law presumes that every man undertakes to perform. Where substantial justice may be done without it, and it is not necessary for... | |
 | Duncan Kennedy - Law - 2006 - 324 pages
...law supposes him to have promised to do. "Implied contracts," says Blackstone (Vol. ii, p. 443,) "are such as reason and justice dictate, and which, therefore, the law presumes that every man undertakes to perform." These contracts form the web and woof of actual life. If they were wholly disregarded,... | |
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