 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1819 - 816 pages
...this clause, in the fallowing man' ner : " A contract is a compact between two or more persons, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one, in which a party biodj himself to do or not to do a particular thing. A contract executed is one in which the object... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1835 - 526 pages
...constitution of the United Stales. "A contract, (says he.) is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract,...which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing; such was the lavv under which the conveyance was made by the government. A contract... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 498 pages
...same language, in defining an executory contract, in the case of Fletcher v. Peck (6 Cranch, 136) : " An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing." 3 2 Black. Comm. 446. Gifts, by the common law, are not regarded u contracts. 2... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...In Fletcher vs. Peck! this court says, " a contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract...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 government. A contract... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...to do, a particular thing; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the government. A contract executed is one in which the object of contract is performed; and this, says Blackstone differs in nothing from a grant. The contract between Georgia and the purchasers... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - Common law - 1834 - 626 pages
...a,a•.umcit may bo brought; for these geneial words do nol include any promise and the ties, and is either executory, or executed. An executory contract...one in which the object of contract is performed, and this differs in nothing from a grant. 3. BALT.ARD v. WALKER. Jan. T. 1802, 3 Johns. NY Cas. 60.... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Constitutional law - 1834 - 284 pages
...must be made between two or more persons. 2 § 252. Contracts may be either executory or executed. 3 An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do something hereafter.* Thus, if two men agree to exchange horses next week, or one of them agrees to... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Constitutional law - 1834 - 284 pages
...must be made between two or more persons. 2 § 252. Contracts may be either executory or executed. 3 An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do something hereafter.* Thus, if two men agree to exchange horses next week, or one of them agrees to... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Isaac Newton Blackford - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 550 pages
...the United States said that M Ta contract was a compact, and is either executory or executed; that an executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do a particular thing; and that a contract executed, is one in which the object of the contract is performed,... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...must be made between two or more persons. 1 § 252- Contracts may be either executory or executed. 1 An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do something hereafter. 3 Thus, if two men agree to exchange horses next week, or one of them agrees to... | |
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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 governor. 
