 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 916 pages
...and entirely discharges it." And again (pages 200, 201, L. ed. 549, 550) : "The distinction between the obligation of a contract, and the remedy given...nature of things. Without impairing the obligation of the contract, the remedy may certainly be moiiified as the wisdom of the nation shall direct. Confinement... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 1072 pages
...taken at the bar, and exists in the nature of things. Without impairing the obligation of the contract, the remedy may certainly be modified as the wisdom of the nation shall direct. Confinement of the debtor may be a punishment for not performing his contract, or may... | |
 | Lawrence Boyd Evans - Constitutional law - 1898 - 702 pages
...illustrious patriots who framed our constitution, nor to the people who adopted it. The distinction between the obligation of a contract, and the remedy given...nature of things. Without impairing the obligation of the contract, the remedy may certainly be modified as the wisdom of the nation shall direct. Confinement... | |
 | Law - 1900 - 460 pages
...objection on that ground, hut simply affects the remedy to enforce such contracts. "The difference between the obligation of a contract, and the remedy given by the Legislature to enforce that obligation, exists in. the nature of things. Without impairing the obligation of the contract, the remedy may certainly... | |
 | Henry Brannon - Constitutional amendments - 1901 - 596 pages
...state power, in this matter, as to contracts, too wide open by the language, "The distinction between the obligation of a contract and the remedy given...nature of things. Without impairing the obligation of the contract, the remedy may certainly be modified, as the wisdom of the nation shall direct. Confinement... | |
 | Hampton Lawrence Carson - Judges - 1902 - 414 pages
...Justice was careful to draw the distinction which exists, and has been recognized ever since, between the obligation of a contract and the remedy given by the Legislature, and it was held that so long as the former exists unimpaired, the latter may be modified as the wisdom... | |
 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1903 - 828 pages
...people who adopted it. The distinction between the obligation of a contract and the to enforce it. remedy given by the Legislature to enforce that obligation...been taken at the bar, and exists in the nature of things.1 Without impairing the obligation of the contract, the remedy may certainly be modified as... | |
 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1903 - 828 pages
...illustrious patriots who framed our Constitution, nor to the people who adopted it. The distinction between the obligation of a contract and the remedy given by the Legislature toenforce that obligation has been taken at the bar, and exists in the nature of things.i Without impairing... | |
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The distinction between the obligation of a contract, and the remedy given by the legislature to enforce that obligation, has been taken at the bar, and exists in the nature of things. Without impairing the obligation of the contract, the remedy may certainly... 
