 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 718 pages
...contract, imposes the obligation upon the cit}r to do justice with respect to the same. If the city obtain money of another by mistake or without authority of...refund it, not from any contract entered into by her on the subject, but from the general obligation to do justice which binds all persons, whether natural... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - Corporation law - 1873 - 546 pages
...contract, imposes the obligation upon the city to do justice with respect to the same. If the city obtain money of another by mistake, or without authority of law, it is her ity of the common council, and were worn out before the plaintiff ptesented his bill. It was contended... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 1282 pages
...obllgntion reefs upon all persons, whether natural or artificial. If the city obtain the money of ¡mother by mistake, or without authority of law. It is her duty to refund it, from this general obligation. If she obtain other property, which does not belong to her, It is her... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 2074 pages
...the case of Argenti v. City of San Francisco, 16 Cal. 255, 282, made use of the following language: "If the city obtain the money of another by mistake...refund it. not from any contract entered into by her on the subject, but from the general obligation to do Justice -which binds all persons, whether natural... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 654 pages
...justice which binds individuals. Such obligations rest upon all persons, whether natural or artificial. If the city obtain the money of another by mistake,...without authority of law, it is her duty to refund it, from this general obligation. If she obtain other property which does not belong to her it is her duty... | |
 | George Washington Field - Ultra vires - 1881 - 620 pages
...justice, which binds individuals. Such obligation rests upon all persons, whether natural or artificial. If the city obtain the money of another by mistake,...without authority of law, it is her duty to refund it from this general obligation. If she obtain other property which does not belong to her, it is her... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 890 pages
...justice which binds individuals. Such obligations rest upon all persons, whether natural or artificial. If the city obtain the money of another by mistake,...without authority of law, it is her duty to refund it, from this general obligation. If she obtain other property which does not belong to her it is her duty... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 1004 pages
...individuals. Such obligations rest upon all persons, whether natural or artificial. If the city obtains the money of another by mistake or without authority of law, it is her duty to refund it, from this general obligation. II she obtain other property which does not belong to her, It in her... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1268 pages
...refund it. "If," says Mr. Justice FIELD in Argenti v. San Francisco, 16 Cal. 255, "the city obtain money of another by mistake or without authority of...refund it ; not from any contract entered into by her on the subject, but from the general obligation to do justice which binds all persons, whether natural... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 880 pages
...refund it. " If," says Mr. Justice Field in Argenti v. San Francisco, 16 Cal., 255, " the city obtain money of another by mistake or without authority of...refund it — not from any contract entered into by her on the subject, but from the general obligation to do justice which binds all persons, whether natural... | |
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If the city obtain money of another by mistake, or without authority of law, it is her duty to refund it — not from any contract entered into by her on the subject, but from the general obligation to do justice which binds all persons whether natural... 
