 It is perhaps correct .to say that public policy is that principle of law which holds that no person can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good...  The American Federationist - Page 1921898Full view - About this book
 | Claude Perrin Berry - Building laws - 1915 - 706 pages
...the court said: "Public policy is that principle of the law which holds that no subject or citizen can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good. The public policy of the State of Dlinois in respect to the liquor traffic is in effect to tolerate... | |
 | Maine. Public Utilities Commission - Public utilities - 1916 - 610 pages
...very probably be held void on account of its being against public policy. By "public policy" is meant that principle of the law which holds that no subject...injurious to the public or against the public good. As was said in Beasly v. Texas & PR Co., 191 US 492: "But the very meaning of public policy is the... | |
 | Henry Clifford Spurr, Ellsworth Nichols - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 1310 pages
...very probably be held void on account of its being against public policy. By "public policy" is meant that principle of the law which holds that no subject...injurious to the public or against the public good. As was said in Beasley v. Texas & PR Co. 191 US 492, 48 L. ed. 274, 24 Sup. Ct. Rep. 164: "But the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1290 pages
...108.«] 2. CONTRACTS (8 108*)— LEGALITY— "PUBLIC POLICY." The principles which hold that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public gond may be termed the policy of the law, or "public policy," in relation to the administration of... | |
 | Insurance law - 1901 - 1168 pages
...he was apprehended, convicted, and executed. It is well settled that no one can lawfully contract to do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good. Can there be a legal life insurance against the miscarriage of justice? Can contracts be based on the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1166 pages
...It is perhaps correct to say that public policy is that principle of law which holds that no person can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be Injurious to the public or against the public good, which müy be designated, as It sometimes has been, the policy of the law or public policy in relation to... | |
 | Texas Bar Association - Bar associations - 1928 - 274 pages
...have a tendency to the violation of a positive duty." And Lord Truro in Edgerton v. Brownloiv said "No subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency...injurious to the public or against the public good." Our own Supreme Court in Marshall v. B. & 0. RR Co. (16 How. 314) declared: "Public policy and sound... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1636 pages
...the prohibited contracts, upon the ground that they are against public policy, are those which have "a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good," and that their validity is determined by their general tendency at the time they are made, and, if... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1626 pages
...the prohibited contracts, upon the ground that they are against public policy, are those which have "a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good," and that their validity is determined by their general tendency at the time they are made, and, if... | |
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