 | Vermont. Supreme Court - 1844 - 820 pages
...equitable duty, is a sufficient £ ' consideration for an actual promise." He further observes Blod ct " where a man is under a moral obligation which no court of »• law or equity can enforce, and promises, the honesty and rectitude of the thing is a consideration." See, also, Watton... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1847 - 704 pages
...support a Bill between the same parties. It has, indeed, in some cases been broadly laid down, that, where a man is under a moral obligation, which no court of law or equity can enforce, and promises, the Bills, ch. 12, p. 494 to 504 (5th edit. 1830) ; Sharington v. Strotten,... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1851 - 794 pages
...contract vested in him, 1 Story on Bills, $ 57, 171 ; Story on Conflict of Laws, $ 353 ; Ante, 1) 38. a man is under a moral obligation, which no court of law or equity can enforce, and he promises the honesty and rectitude of the thing, is a consideration.1 But this doctrine... | |
 | 1853 - 558 pages
...unaccompanied by any express agreement, and not always even then. Lord Mansfield laid it down, " that when a man is under a moral obligation, which no court of law or equity can expose, and promises—the honesty and rectitude of the thing is sufficient consideration to make the... | |
 | Conway Robinson - 1855 - 884 pages
...actually made. A fortiori, a legal or equitable duty is a sufficient consideration for an actual promise. Where a man is under a moral obligation, which no court of law or equity can enforce, and promises, the honesty and rectitude of the thing is a consideration. As if a man promise... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1856 - 758 pages
...support a Note between the same parties. It has, indeed, in some cases been broadly laid down, that where a man is under a moral obligation, which no court of law or equity can enforce, and he promises, the honesty and rectitude of the thing is a consideration. 2 But this doctrine... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1866 - 664 pages
...equity to pay, that is a sufficient consideration." And in the same case, Lord Mansfield says, that " where a man is under a moral obligation, which no court of law or equity can enforce, and promises, the honesty and rectitude of the thing is a consideration ; as if a man promise... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1874 - 820 pages
...exact precision: "It has, indeed," says the learned author, "in some cases been broadly laid down, that where a man is under a moral obligation, which no court of law or equity can enforce, and promises, the honesty and rectitude of the thing is a consideration. But this doctrine... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1877 - 882 pages
...validity to a subsequent express promise. In Jfuu'kes v. Sounders, Cowp. 290, Lord MANSFIELD said that " where a man is under a moral obligation, which no court of equity or law can enforce, and promises, the honesty and rectitude of the thing is a consideration."... | |
 | 1886 - 832 pages
...actually made. A fortiori, a legal or equitable duty is a sufficient considerationforan actual promise. Where a man is under a moral obligation, which no court of law or equity can enforce, and promises, the honesty and rectitude of the thing is a consideration." So in Atkins v.... | |
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Where a man is under a moral obligation, which no court of law or equity can enforce, and promises, the honesty and rectitude of the thing is a consideration. 
