 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 Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations - Page 422by Henry Osborn Taylor - 1898 - 946 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1889 - 852 pages
...t>82 and 684, says: %'A contract is a compact between two or three persons, 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 the contract is performed; and... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1889 - 1110 pages
...the leading case on this subject, " is a compact between two or more persons, 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 the grant Is performed, and this,... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1890 - 1014 pages
...Mitchell c. Murphy, 110 US 033. Orleans Gas Co. v. Louisiana Light Co., 6 Federalist, Nos. 7 and 44. An executory contract is one in which a party binds...was made by the governor. A contract executed is one rljwhich the object of the contract is performed ; and this, says Bfackstone, differs in nothing from... | |
 | 1893 - 498 pages
...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 contract executed is one in which the object of the contract is performed; and this, says Blackstone, differs in nothing from a grant. The contract... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1893 - 734 pages
...87, 136. Marshall, CJ : "A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which...himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing ; such WHS the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor. A contract executed is one in which... | |
 | James Bradley Thayer - 1895 - 1214 pages
...Isa grant a Contract? Л contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory e, liberty, and property of the citizen. XIV. Every...and seizures of his person, his houses, his paper b}- the Governor. A contract executed is one in which the object of contract is performed ; and this,... | |
 | William Weeks Morrill - 1896 - 970 pages
...6 Cranch, 136, said: " 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. A contract executed is one in which the object of the contract is performed; and... | |
 | William Weeks Morrill - 1896 - 942 pages
...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 this, says Blackstone, differs in nothing from a grant. A contract executed, as well as one which is executory, contains obligations binding on the parties.... | |
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