It is a wellsettled rule of law, that if a party by his contract charge himself with an obligation possible to be performed, he must make it good, unless its performance is rendered impossible by the act of God, the law, or the other party. Unforeseen... Decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury - Halaman 367oleh United States. Comptroller of the Treasury - 1896Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| United States. Supreme Court - 1870 - 820 halaman
...occupation." It could not be occupied with safety to the lives of the inmates. It is a well-settled rule of law, that if a party by his contract charge himself...Unforeseen difficulties, however great, will not excuse him.f * See supra, p. 2. f Paradine v. Jayne, Alleyn, 27: Beal v. Thompson, 8 Bosanquet & Puller, 42);... | |
| United States. Court of Claims - 1919 - 740 halaman
...it. It was said by the Supreme Court in Dermott v. Jones, 2 Wall., 1 : " It is a well-settled rule of law that if a party by his contract charge himself with an obligation possible to be perOpinion of the Coirt. formed he must make it good, unless its performance is rendered impossible... | |
| United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) - 1870 - 642 halaman
...Jane, (Alleyn's J2., 27,) and that class of cases. In other words, it is claimed, that, if a party charge himself with an obligation possible to be performed,...impossible by ,the act of God, the law, or the other party. The law, however, is otherwise, if the obligation or duty is created by law. It is supposed, by the... | |
| 1916 - 506 halaman
...soon as possible.18 In the case jus't cited, it is said that where a party, by his contract charges himself with an obligation possible to be performed,...difficulties, however great, will not excuse him. The act of God will dispense with the performance of the contract, but to bring the case within the... | |
| 1897 - 360 halaman
...the part of the contractors during the continuance of such weather; for it is a well settled rule of law that if a party by his contract charge himself with an obligation to be performed, he must make it good unless its performance is rendered impossible by the act of God,... | |
| 1910 - 2132 halaman
...within the law? As said in Dermott v. Jones, 2 Wall. 1, 7 (17 L. Ed. 762): "It Is a well-settled rule of law that If a party by his contract charge himself...difficulties, however great, will not excuse him" — and as expressed in The Harriman, 9 Wall., at page 172 (19 L. Ed. 629), quoted in Jacksonville,... | |
| 1920 - 1058 halaman
...Smokeless Fuel Co., 148 Fed. 594, 78 OCA 360, 9 LRA (NS) 1187, this court held that where one charges himself with an obligation possible to be performed he must make it good, and that unforeseen difficulties, however great, will not excuse him. It was also stated by the court... | |
| James Abram Garfield - 1882 - 842 halaman
...Dermott v. Jones, Mr. Justice Swayne, speaking for the court, says: — " It is a well-settled rule of law, that if a party by his contract charge himself...difficulties, however great, will not excuse him. " The application of this principle to the class of cases to which the one under consideration belongs,... | |
| 1902 - 988 halaman
...Wall. 1, s«b nom. ingle v. Jones, 17 L. ed. 762, where it was said: "It is a well-settled rule of or any person who made objection to the assessment,...right of appeal from the finding of the jury. If, upon Among the cases approvingly referred to in Dermott v. Jone» were Bullock v. Dommitt, ß TR 650, and... | |
| Judah Philip Benjamin - 1884 - 646 halaman
...Wend. 194, note. 4. Conditions Precedent Must be Strictly Performed. — " It is a well-settled rule of law that if a party by his contract charge himself...difficulties, however great, will not excuse him." Swayne, J., in Dermott t>. Jones, 2 Wall. 1, 7 ; School Trustees v. Bennett, 27 NJ L. 513; Adams ».... | |
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