Word: lumley
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Ames. The writer treats of "Express Assumpsit" and examines the various theories which have been formed to explain the origin of the doctrine of "consideration" as a part of the law of contracts. The work is very carefully done. Mr. Schofield contributes a paper on the "Principle in Lumley vs. Gye and its Application." The article is a critical examination in its several aspects of the point decided in this noted English case, namely that the mere existence of a contract imposes upon all who know of its existence, a duty to forbear form, doing any act maliciously...