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" It is true that a statute, containing a prohibition and a penalty, makes the act which it punishes unlawful, and the same may be implied from a penalty without a prohibition ; but it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the act was meant by the legislature... "
Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United ... - Page 381
by United States. Circuit Court (7th Circuit), Josiah Hooker Bissell - 1876
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The Law of Contracts: A Course of Lectures

John William Smith - 1853 - 488 pages
...the act which it punishes unlawful, and the same may be implied from a penalty without a prohibition; but it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the...legislature to avoid a contract made in contravention of it; when the statute is silent, and contains nothing from which the contrary can be properly inferred,...
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Cases Decided in the United States Court of Claims ... with ..., Volume 147

United States. Court of Claims, Audrey Bernhardt - 1962 - 712 pages
...act which it punishes unlawful, and the same may be implied from a penalty without a prohibition ; but it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the...legislature to avoid a contract made in contravention of it. When the statute is silent, and contains nothing from which the contrary can be properly inferred,...
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Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States ..., Volume 19

United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1870 - 746 pages
...the act which it punishes unlawful, and the same may be implied from a penalty without a prohibition; but it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the...legislature to avoid a contract made in contravention of it. When the statute is silent, and contains nothing from which the contrary can be properly inferred,...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the ..., Volume 2

Lewis Hamilton Bond, United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit) - 1872 - 526 pages
...act which it punishes unlawful, and the same may be implied from a penalty without a prohibition ; but it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the...legislature to avoid a contract made in contravention of it. When the statute is silent, and contains nothing from which the contrary can be inferred, a contract...
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The National Bankruptcy Register Reports: Containing All the ..., Volume 1

1874 - 742 pages
...act which it punishes unlawful, and the same may be implied from a penalty without a prohibition ; but it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the...legislature to avoid a contract made in contravention of it. When the statute is silent and contains nothing from which the contrary can be inferred, a contract...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the ..., Volume 2

Lorenzo Smith Boswell Sawyer, United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit) - 1875 - 786 pages
...the act which it punishes unlawful, and the same may be implied from a penalty without a prohibition; but it does not follow, that the unlawfulness of the act was meant by the legislature to avoid 1873.] Opinion of the Court — Deady, J. n contract in contravention of it. When the statute is silent,...
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The Law of Contracts

John William Smith - 1878 - 596 pages
...act which it punishes unlawful, and the same may be implied from a penalty without a prohibition : but it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the...legislature to avoid a contract made in contravention of it, ON CONTRACTS BY DEED. 18 ,of examples might be given, but these are sufficient to establish the principle,...
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 23

Isaac Grant Thompson - 1878 - 864 pages
...the act which it punishes unlawful, and the same may bo implied from a penalty without a prohibition; but it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the...legislature to avoid a contract made in contravention of it. When the statute is silent, and contains nothing from which the contrary can be properly inferred,...
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National Bank Cases: Containing All Decisions of Both the Federal and State ...

Isaac Grant Thompson - 1878 - 1018 pages
...relation to the act prohibited. When a statute prohibits an act or annexes a peaalty for its commission, it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the act was meant to avoid a contract made in contravention of it. When a statute provided that slaves should not be...
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United States Reports, Supreme Court: Cases Argued and ..., Volume 6; Volume 96

United States. Supreme Court - 1878 - 808 pages
...prohibited ; and that when a statate prohibits an act, or annexes a penalty for its commission, VOL. VI. 41 it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the act was meant to avoid a contract made in contravention of it. A statute provided that slaves should not be brought...
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