 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, William Pyle Taunton - 1815 - 734 pages
.../•urtadov. Rogers, 3 Bos. $ Pull. 19. Lord Alvanley CJ holds the same doctrine: " We are all of opinion that on the principles of the English law it is not competent to any subject to enter into any contract to do a thing which may be detrimental to the interests of his own country, and that such... | |
 | Francis Hildyard - Insurance law - 1845 - 894 pages
...any exception in respect of the acts of the government of their own nation! We are all of opinion, on the principles of the English law, it is not competent...anything which may be detrimental to the interests of bis own country ; and that such a contract is as much prohibited as if it had been expressly forbidden... | |
 | Francis Hildyard - Insurance law - 1845 - 894 pages
...contract to do anything which may be detrimental to the interests of bis own country ; and that such a contract is as much prohibited as if it had been expressly forbidden by act of Parliament. It is admitted, that if a man contract to do a thing which is afterwards prohibited by act of Parliament,... | |
 | Sir Joseph Arnould - Average (Maritime law) - 1849 - 798 pages
...engaged in war with his own sovereign, from the consequences of that war ; and we arc all of opinion that, on the principles of the English law, it is...competent to any subject to enter into a contract to do any thing which may be detrimental to the interests of his own country ; and that such contract is... | |
 | Sir Joseph Arnould - Average (Maritime law) - 1866 - 598 pages
...p. 128. Boulay-Piity Phillips. 2 B. ft PNR 97. says, that in the present state of subject to cuter into a contract to do anything which may be detrimental...prohibited as if it had been expressly forbidden by act of parliament."1 The first two cases in which the question was formally decided, Brandon v. Nesbitt, and... | |
 | Sir Joseph Arnould - Average (Maritime law) - 1866 - 592 pages
...engaged in war with his own sovereign, from the consequences of that war ; and we are all of opinion that, on the principles of the English law, it is not competent to any 1 Henkle v. Royal Exch. Comp. 1 French law such insurances are ilVes. Sen. 317. legal ; Comment on... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 828 pages
...v. Rogers, 3 Bos. $• Pull. 19, Lord Aleanley, CJ, holds the same doctrine: " We are all of opinion that on the principles of the English law it is not competent to any subject to enter into any contract to do a tiling which may be detrimental to the interests of his own country, and that... | |
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We are all of opinion that on the principles of the English law it is not competent to any subject to enter into a contract to do anything which may be detrimental to the interests of his own country ; and that such a contract is as much prohibited as... 
