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" will not assist a man, who is capable of taking care of his own interest, except in cases where he has been imposed upon, by deceit, against which ordinary prudence could not protect him. If a person of ordinary understanding, on whom no fraud has been... "
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined Before the Committees of His Majesty ... - Page 75
by Great Britain. Privy Council. Judicial Committee - 1831
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of ..., Volume 32

New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 942 pages
...Blackford v. Christian, 1 Knapp 77 ; 1 Story Eq. Jur. §§ 236, 287, where the principle is laid down that the law will not assist a man who is capable of taking care of his owu interest, except in cases where he has been imposed upon by deceit, against which ordinary prudence...
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Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in England ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Equity - 1853 - 890 pages
...with the dictates of common sense and legal exactness and propriety. t'The law," (said Lord Wynford,) "will not assist a man, who is capable of taking care...bargain, no Court of Justice can release him from it.1 Inadequacy of consideration is not a substantial ground for setting aside a conveyance of property....
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A Monograph on mental unsoundness

Francis Wharton - 1855 - 252 pages
...in the meantime. Lord Wynford in giving the opinion of the Privy Council said, that the law would " not assist a man who is capable of taking care of his own interests, except in cases where he has been imposed upon by deceit, against which ordinary prudence...
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Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence

Francis Wharton, Moreton Stillé - Forensic psychiatry - 1855 - 858 pages
...in the meantime. Lord Wynford in giving the opinion of the Privy Council said, that the law would " not assist a man who is capable of taking care of his own interests, except in cases where he has been imposed upon by deceit, against which ordinary prudence...
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Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in England ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Equity - 1866 - 860 pages
...with the dictates of common sense and legal exactness and propriety. " The law " (said Lord Wynford) " will not assist a man, who is capable of taking care...bargain, no court of justice can release him from it.1 Inadequacy of consideration is not a substantial ground for setting aside a conveyance of property....
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Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in England ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Equity - 1870 - 948 pages
...with the dictates of common sense and legal exactness and propriety. " The law " (said Lord Wynford) " will not assist a man, who is capable of taking care of his own interest, except in cases where he haa been imposed upon by deceit, against which ordinary prudence could not protect him. If a person...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 6

Joseph Brown Heiskell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 748 pages
...endeavored to show by reference to the testimony. The general doctrine seems to be, that the court will not assist a man who is capable of taking care of hi-x own interests, except in cases where he has been imposed upon by deceit, against which ordinary...
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 71-72

Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 2118 pages
...suffered, and their consequences. ''The law," said Lord Wynford in Blach ford v. Christian, l Knapp, 77, "will not assist a man who is capable of taking care...ordinary understanding, on whom no fraud has been practiced, makes an imprudent bargain, no court of justice can release him from it." Willis v. Jernegan,...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery, the Prerogative ..., Volume 5

John Hoff Stewart - Equity - 1880 - 944 pages
...Blackford v. Christian, 1 Knapp 77 ; I Story Eq. Jur. §§ 236, 237, where the principle is laid down that the law will not assist a man who is capable of taking...against which ordinary prudence could not protect him. XVIII. It is not sufficient, to obtain relief in equity, that complainant establish a suspicion of...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of ..., Volume 46

New York (State). Superior Court (New York), James Clark Spencer, Samuel Jones - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 664 pages
...the first trial of this case, he appeared to be of fully average strength of mind and intelligence. " If a person of ordinary understanding, on whom no fraud has been practiced, makes an improvident bargain, no court of justice can release him from it" (Blackford v....
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