 | Law - 1854 - 372 pages
...interests of the party in favour of whom it is given, and not so large as to interfere with the interests of the public. Whatever restraint is larger than the...oppressive, it is, in the eye of the law, unreasonable. Whatever is injurious to the interests of the public is void, on the ground of public policy." Hitchcock... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Gordon - Law reports, digests, etc - 1851 - 962 pages
...Cui bono? is ever of great weight in all agreements." And in Homer v. Graves (b), Tindal, CJ, says, "Whatever restraint is larger than the necessary protection...of no benefit to either: it can only be oppressive: it is in the eye of the law unreasonable." — Thirdly, the sum of 1000/. must be construed as a penalty,... | |
 | Charles Manley Smith - Labor laws and legislation - 1860 - 622 pages
...the party in favour of whom it is given, and not so large as to interfere with the interests of tbe public. Whatever restraint is larger than the necessary...oppressive, it is in the eye of the law unreasonable" (/). Applying this test to an agreement (m), whereby the defendant covenanted with the plaintiff, that... | |
 | Charles Davidson - Conveyancing - 1864 - 638 pages
...interests of the party in whose favour it is given, and not so large as to interfere with the interests of the public. Whatever restraint is larger than the...oppressive it is in the eye of the law unreasonable. Whatever is injurious to the interest of the public is void on the grounds of public policy : 7 Bing.... | |
 | John William Smith - Conflict of laws - 1868 - 594 pages
...considering whether the restraint is such only as to afford a fair protection to the interests of the party. Whatever restraint is larger than the necessary protection...oppressive, it is in the eye of the law unreasonable. Whatever is injurious to the interests of the public, is void, on the grounds of public policy. In... | |
 | South Australia. Supreme Court - 1871 - 194 pages
...interests of the party in favour of whom it is given, and not so large as to interfere with the interests of the public. Whatever restraint is larger than the...oppressive, it is in the eye of the law unreasonable. Whatever is injurious to the interests of the public is void on the grounds of public policy." Now,... | |
 | Ohio. Superior Court (Cincinnati), William Disney - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 676 pages
...interests of the party in favor of whom it is given, and not so large as to interfere with the interests of the public. Whatever restraint is larger than the...oppressive, it is, in the eye of the law, unreasonable. Whatever is injurious to the interests of the public is void, on the ground of public policy." Now,... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 802 pages
...of whom it is given, and not so large as to interfere with the interests of the public. Whatsoever restraint is larger than the necessary protection...oppressive, it is in the eye of the law unreasonable. What is injurious to the public interest is void on the ground of public policy." Many cases have been... | |
 | William Andrews Holdsworth - Labor laws and legislation - 1873 - 200 pages
...is necessary for such protection can be of no benefit to either party; it is, therefore, regarded as oppressive, and if oppressive, it is in the eye of the law unreasonable and illegal. It is impossible to lay down any abstract rule by which it may be possible to discriminate... | |
 | Theron Metcalf - Contracts - 1874 - 404 pages
...interests of the party in favor of whom it is given, and not so large as to interfere with the interests of the public. Whatever restraint is larger than the...oppressive, it is, in the eye of the law, unreasonable." And a bond given by a dentist, that he would not practise within the distance of one hundred miles from... | |
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... of whom it is given, and not so large as to interfere with the interests of the public. Whatever restraint is larger than the necessary protection of the party, can be of no benefit to either; it can only be oppressive ; and, if oppressive, it is... 
