 | Law - 1843 - 498 pages
...same language, in defining an executory contract, in the case of Fletcher v. Peck (6 Cranch, 136) : " An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing." 3 2 Black. Comm. 446. Gifts, by the common law, are not regarded u contracts. 2... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1835 - 526 pages
...contract, (says he.) is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract, is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing; such was the lavv under which the conveyance was made by the government. A contract... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...court says, " a contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the government. A contract... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - Common law - 1834 - 626 pages
...these geneial words do nol include any promise and the ties, and is either executory, or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing. A contract executed is one in which the object of contract is performed, and this... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Constitutional law - 1834 - 284 pages
...must be made between two or more persons. 2 § 252. Contracts may be either executory or executed. 3 An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do something hereafter.* Thus, if two men agree to exchange horses next week, or one of them agrees to... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Constitutional law - 1834 - 284 pages
...must be made between two or more persons. 2 § 252. Contracts may be either executory or executed. 3 An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do something hereafter.* Thus, if two men agree to exchange horses next week, or one of them agrees to... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Isaac Newton Blackford - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 550 pages
...the United States said that M Ta contract was a compact, and is either executory or executed; that an executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do a particular thing; and that a contract executed, is one in which the object of the contract is performed,... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...must be made between two or more persons. 1 § 252- Contracts may be either executory or executed. 1 An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do something hereafter. 3 Thus, if two men agree to exchange horses next week, or one of them agrees to... | |
 | Medicine, Botanic - 1838 - 860 pages
...into between two persons to do or not to do a particular thing. A contract is executory or executed: an executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do a particular thing. An executed contract is performed. This diners nothing from a grant. " .Every grant... | |
 | James Madison Porter - Charters - 1837 - 72 pages
...contract :' A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing ; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor. A contract... | |
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In considering this very interesting question we immediately ask ourselves, what is a contract? Is a grant a contract? A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party... 
