 | James McSherry, Nicholas Charles Burke - 1914 - 428 pages
...be found. Speaking generally, the principle which holds that no one can lawfully do that which his a tendency to be injurious to the public, or against the public good, may be termed the policy of the law, or public policy in relation to the administration of the law.... | |
 | 1914 - 1382 pages
...687. "Lord Brougham defined 'public policy' as that principle of the law which holds that no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the pnbllc or against the public good, which may be term-' ed the policy of the law, or public policy in... | |
 | Claude Perrin Berry - 1915 - 706 pages
...the restriction was opposed to public policy, the court said: "Public policy is that principle of the law which holds that no subject or citizen can lawfully...injurious to the public or against the public good. The public policy of the State of Dlinois in respect to the liquor traffic is in effect to tolerate... | |
 | Indiana. Appellate Court - 1915 - 854 pages
...policy says, "By 'public policy' is intended that principle of the law which holds that no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good, which may be termed the policy of the law, or public policy in relation Adam.s r. Union Nat. Say.,... | |
 | 1914 - 1292 pages
...108.«] 2. CONTRACTS (8 108*)— LEGALITY— "PUBLIC POLICY." The principles which hold that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public gond may be termed the policy of the law, or "public policy," in relation to the administration of... | |
 | 1901 - 1168 pages
...he was apprehended, convicted, and executed. It is well settled that no one can lawfully contract to do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good. Can there be a legal life insurance against the miscarriage of justice? Can contracts be based on the... | |
 | 1909 - 1166 pages
...It is perhaps correct to say that public policy is that principle of law which holds that no person can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be Injurious to the public or against the public good, which müy be designated, as It sometimes has been, the policy of the law or public policy in relation... | |
 | Texas Bar Association - 1928 - 274 pages
...tendency to the violation of a positive duty." And Lord Truro in Edgerton v. Brownloiv said "No subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good." Our own Supreme Court in Marshall v. B. & 0. RR Co. (16 How. 314) declared: "Public policy and sound... | |
 | 1926 - 1636 pages
...the prohibited contracts, upon the ground that they are against public policy, are those which have "a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good," and that their validity is determined by their general tendency at the time they are made, and, if... | |
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