 | Law - 1904 - 982 pages
...court, speaking by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, said: "Tbe distinction between the obligation of а contract, and the remedy given by the Legislature...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 - 1904 - 1004 pages
...enforcement. Smith v. Jennings, 45 SB 821, 825, 67 SC 324. The distinction between the obligation of 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... | |
 | John Marshall - Political Science - 1905 - 518 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... | |
 | William Draper Lewis - Judges - 1907 - 588 pages
...had been held by the Supreme Court in an opinion of Chief-Justice Marshall, the distinction between the obligation of a contract and the remedy given by the legislature to enforce that obligation existed in the nature of things, and, without impairing the obligation of the contract, the remedy... | |
 | John Boyle - 1909 - 198 pages
...has been held by the Supreme Court, in an opinion of Chief Justice Marshall, the distinction between the obligation of a contract, and the remedy given by the legislature to enforce that obligation, existed in the nature of things, and without impairing the obligation of the contract, the remedy might... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 1184 pages
...of Sturges v. Crowninshield (4 Wheat, 200), the late Chief Justice says : "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." This... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 1162 pages
...which was abolished, or less prompt and speedy. 'Without impairing the obligation of the contract, the remedy may certainly be modified as the wisdom of the nation shall direct.' " See 3 Va. & W. Va. Dig. 221. We cannot realize that the convention and people adopting... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1598 pages
...ed. 132. Mr. Arcndlus Li. Agatin submitted the cause for defendant in error: The distinction 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 Clifford Spurr, Ellsworth Nichols - Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 1192 pages
...than the one abolished. Cooley, Con. Lim. 406. ''Without impairing the obligation of the contract, the remedy may certainly be modified as the wisdom of the nation shall direct." Ch. J. ]\Iarslmll in Sturges v. Crowninshield, 4 Wheat. 122, 200 (4 L. ed. 529). "As... | |
 | Peyton Boyle - Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 1038 pages
...objection on that ground, but 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... | |
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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... 
