 | Joseph S. Bosworth, New York (State). Superior Court (New York) - Law reports, digests, etc - 1861 - 740 pages
...rule is, not the allegiance due from the contracting parties to the government where the contract ia made or is to be executed, but the supposed reference...parties are citizens of that State or country or not." The elementary writers expressly affirm the same rule, and hold that the discharge of the debtor under... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1152 pages
...state of the forum, it will not be enforced in that state, although perfectly valid and legal according to the laws of the state or country where it is made. This principle is thus stated in Cooley's Constitutional Limitations, p. 178: "In the making of contracts,... | |
 | Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth - Law - 1917 - 970 pages
...state of the forum, it will not be enforced in that state, although perfectly valid and legal according to the laws of the state or country where it is made. This principle is thus stated in Cooley's Constitutional Limitations, p. 178: "In- the making of contracts,... | |
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... good everywhere. But this rule is subject to some exceptions, one of the most important of which is that, where the contract violates the positive legislation or the established public policy of the state of the forum, it will not be enforced in that... 