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" 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... "
Speeches in Congress ; Legal arguments and speeches to the jury - Page 493
by Daniel Webster - 1853
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A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative ...

Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Victor Hugo Lane - 1903 - 1172 pages
...covered. " A contract," says Ch. J. Marshall, " is a compact between two or more parties, and is cither executory or executed. .-/ An executory contract is...not to do a particular thing. Such was the law under . I which the conveyance was made by the governor. A contract executed is one in which the object of...
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John Marshall: Complete Constitutional Decisions

John Marshall - 1903 - 828 pages
...executed. Contract denned; va- . , . . . . nous kinds of con- An executory contract is one in which tracts. a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular...the law under which the conveyance was made by the Governor. A contract executed is one in which the object of contract is performed; and this, says Blackstone,...
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John Marshall: Complete Constitutional Decisions

John Marshall - 1903 - 828 pages
...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. Contract defined: va- . .... rious kinds of con- An executory contract is one in which a party binds...
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John Marshall: Complete Constitutional Decisions

John Marshall - 1903 - 832 pages
...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. Contract defined; va- . . . . . Ho.ia kinds of con- An executory contract is one m which tracts. a...
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The Elements of Mercantile Law

Thomas Moffitt Stevens, Herbert Jacobs - 1903 - 536 pages
...7 TE 350. (I) Another classification of contracts is into executory and executed, the former being one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do a given thing (eg, exchange horses this day week), the latter one in which the object of contract is...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 10

United States. Supreme Court - 1904 - 232 pages
...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,...the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor. A contract executed is one in which the *1371 obJ ect *of contract is performed ; and this,...
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The Constitutional Decisions of John Marshall, Volume 1

John Marshall - 1905 - 518 pages
...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,...the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor. A contract executed is one in which the % object * of contract is performed ; and this, says...
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Federal Procedure at Law: A Treatise on the Procedure in Suits at ..., Volume 1

Chrisenberry Lee Bates - 1908 - 644 pages
...have been so firmly established as to constitute a rule of property.8 § 332. Contract defined. — A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executed or executory. A contract executed is one in which everything that was to be done is done,...
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A Treatise on Franchises: Especially Those of Public Service Corporations ...

Joseph Asbury Joyce - 1909 - 1272 pages
...that a charter of incorporation is a contract. A contract is a compact between two or more persons and is either executory or executed. An executory...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 the contract is performed, and...
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Engineering Law, Volume 1

Alexander Haring - 1910 - 542 pages
...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,...the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor. A contract executed is one in which the object of contract is performed; and this, says Blackstone,...
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