 No court will lend its aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act. If, from the plaintiff's own stating or otherwise, the cause of action appears to arise ex turpi causa, or the transgression of a positive law of this...  Lawyers' Reports Annotated - Page 1901905Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1316 pages
...act. If from the plaintiff's own étalement, or otherwise, the cause of action appears to arise ex turpi causa, or the transgression of a positive law of this country, then the courts say he has no right to be assisted. It Is upon that ground the court goes, not for... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 1228 pages
...the plaintiff's own stating or otherwise, the cause of action appear to arise ex turpi causa, or from the transgression of a positive law of this country,...there the court says he has no right to be assisted." Whartou's Legal Maxims, p. 81 ; Martin v. Hodge, 47 Ark. 378, 383, l SW 694. 606 (58 Am. Rep. 763).... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 1272 pages
...If, from the plaintiff's own statement or otherwise the cause of action appears to arise "ex turpl causa," or the transgression of a positive law of this country, there the court «ays he has no right to be assisted.' Whartou's Legal Maxims, p. 81." This rule is also sustained... | |
 | William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich - Law - 1914 - 1424 pages
...action appears to arise ex turpi causa, or the transgression of a positive law of the country, then the court says he has no right to be assisted. It...but because they will not lend their aid to such a plaintiff.4 The instrument is not taken out of the rule by the fact that the parties thereto previously... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 814 pages
...law of this country, there the court says he has no right to be assisted. It is upon that ground that the court goes; not for the sake of the defendant,...they will not lend their aid to such a plaintiff." While this rule finds its application more frequently in actions upon illegal contracts, it applies... | |
 | Marshall Davis Ewell - Law - 1915 - 1178 pages
...illegal act. If from the plaintiff's own stating, or otherwise, the cause of action appears to rise ex turpi causa, or the transgression of a positive law...there the court says he has no right to be assisted. If so, upon that ground the court gives, not for the sake of the defendant, but because they will not... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Martin L. Newell, Mason Harder Newell, Walter Clyde Jones, Keene Harwood Addington, James Christopher Cahill, Basil Jones, James Max Henderson, Ray Smith - Courts - 1915 - 732 pages
...the cause of action appears to arise ex turpi causa, or the transgression of a positive law of his country, there the court says he has no right to be assisted." But it is argued by counsel for plaintiff that if the loans were illegal, the reception of the pledges... | |
 | William Meade Fletcher - Corporation law - 1917 - 1212 pages
...531. 85 Watts Mercantile Co. v. Bu83 People's Trust Co. v. Pabst, 113 chanan, 92 Miss. 540, 46 So. 66. the court says he has no right to be assisted. It...goes ; not for the sake of the defendant, but because it will not lend their aid to such a plaintiff. So if the plaintiff and defendant were to change sides,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1228 pages
...illegal act If from the plaintiff's own statement or otherwise the cause of action appears to arise ex turpi causa, or the transgression of a positive law of this country, then the court says he has no right to be assisted. It is upon that ground the court goes ; not for... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 650 pages
...otherwise, the cause of action appears to arise ex turpi causa or the transgression of a positive law of the country, there the court says he has no right to be...goes; not for the sake of the defendant, but because it will not lend its aid to such a plaintiff." (Valentine v. Stewart, 15 Cal. 387.) "If the contract... | |
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