 | William Theophilus Brantly - 1912 - Broj stranica: 590
...imposed for the protection of the revenue or of the public. then the contract may or may not be illegal. The statute must be examined as a whole to find out whether or not the legislature meant that contracts in breach of it should Invoid.i The following rulings may be mentioned... | |
 | George Folger Canfield - 1913 - Broj stranica: 1028
...forfeiture is prescribed and explicitly defined. In Harris v. Runnels (12 How. 79), this court said that "the statute must be examined as a whole, to find out whether or not the makers meant that a contract in contravention of it was to be void, so as not to be enforced in a court of... | |
 | Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth - 1917 - Broj stranica: 970
...after noticing some fluctuations in the course of decision, and observing "that we have concluded, before the rule can be applied in any case of a statute...whole, to find out whether or not the makers of it meant that a contract in contravention of it should be void, or that it was not to be so," added: "It... | |
 | Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - 1918 - Broj stranica: 848
...reluctant to enforce a forfeiture. In Harris v. Runnels, 12 How. 53 (US) 79 (13 L. Ed. 901), it is said the statute must be examined as a whole, to find out whether or not the makers meant that a contract in contravention of it was to be void or not to be enforced in a court of justice.... | |
 | 1908 - Broj stranica: 1060
...was invoked. But the Supreme Court, after citing and discussing authorities said: "We have concluded, before the rule can be applied In any case of a statute...statute must be examined as a whole, to find out whether the makers of it meant that a contract in contravention of It should be void, or that it was not to... | |
 | George Folger Canfield, Isaac Maurice Wormser - 1925 - Broj stranica: 960
...forfeiture is prescribed and explicitly defined. In Harris v. Runnels (12 How. 79), this court said that "the statute must be examined as a whole, to find out whether or not the makers meant that a contract in contravention of it was to be void, so as not to be enforced in a court of... | |
 | 1878 - Broj stranica: 542
...Wayne, in the case of Harris v. Runnels, 12 How. 79. " Before the rule can be applied in any case ot a statute prohibiting or enjoining things to be done,...whole to find out whether or not the makers of it meant that a contract in contravention of it should be void. * * * It does not follow that the unlawfulness... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1885 - Broj stranica: 1142
...explicitly defined. 189 1378. 621-630 OCT. TERM, In Harris v. Runnels, 12 How., 79, this court said that " The statute must be examined as a whole, to find out whether or not the makers meant that a contract in contravention of it was to be void, so as not to be enforced in a court of... | |
 | Philippines. Supreme Court - 1926 - Broj stranica: 1230
...must be considered together. As said in Harris vs. Runnels (53 US, 12 How., 79, 84 [13; 901, 903]) : 'Before the rule can be applied in any case of a statute...a penalty only for doing a thing which it forbids, the statute must be examined as a whole to find out whether or not the makers of it meant that a contract... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1874 - Broj stranica: 566
...the legislature discovered. In Harris v. Runnels, 12 How. 84, the court say : " We have concluded, before the rule can be applied in any case of a statute...enjoining things to be done, with a prohibition and penalty, or a penalty only for doing a thing it forbids, that the statute must bo examined as a whole,... | |
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... the statute must be examined as a whole, to find out whether or not the makers of it meant that a contract in contravention of it should be void, or that it was not to be so. 
