 But the fact that both parties are of full age and competent to contract does not necessarily deprive the state of the power to interfere where the parties do not stand upon an equality, or where the public health demands that one party to the contract...  Transactions - Page 117by Maryland State Bar Association - 1911Full view - About this book
 | William Lynn Ransom - Constitutional law - 1916 - 388 pages
...classic repudiation of the "freedom of contract" theory in H olden against Hardy,2 to the effect that The fact that both parties are of full age and competent...contract does not necessarily deprive the State of power to interfere where the parties do not stand upon an equality, or where the public health demands... | |
 | Harvard University. Department of Government - Constitutional law - 1917 - 166 pages
...The argument would certainly come with better grace and greater cogency from the latter class. But the fact that both parties are of full age and competent...to the contract shall be protected against himself. " The State still retains an interest in his welfare, however reckless he may be. The whole is no greater... | |
 | Rinehart John Swenson - Minimum wage - 1917 - 84 pages
...self-interest is often an unsafe guide, and the legislature may properly interpose its authority. . . . But the fact that both parties are of full age and competent...or where the public health demands that one party shall be protected against himself. The State still retains an interest in his welfare, however reckless... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 1058 pages
...against all other perils to life and safety. We find it aptly stated in the Hardy Case, supra : "But the fact that both parties are of full age and competent...to the contract shall be protected against himself. 'The state still retains an Interest in his welfare, however reckless he may be. The whole is no greater... | |
 | John Andrews Fitch - Industrial relations - 1924 - 450 pages
...self-interest is often an unsafe guide, and the legislature may properly interpose its authority. . . . The fact that both parties are of full age, and competent...to the contract shall be protected against himself. Despite this evidence of an understanding of the real relationship between a corporate employer and... | |
 | Albert Russell Ellingwood, Whitney Coombs - Labor laws and legislation - 1926 - 670 pages
...The argument would certainly come with better grace and greater cogency from the latter class. But the fact that both parties are of full age and competent...to the contract shall be protected against himself. "The state still retains an interest in his welfare, however reckless he may be. The whole is no greater... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 894 pages
...self-interest is often an unsafe guide, and the legislature may properly interpose its authority. . . . But the fact that both parties are of full age and competent...to the contract shall be protected against himself. 'The state still retains an interest in his welfare, however reckless he may be. The whole is no greater... | |
 | Albert Russell Ellingwood, Whitney Coombs - Labor laws and legislation - 1926 - 672 pages
...The argument would certainly come with better grace and greater cogency from the latter class. But the fact that both parties are of full age and competent...to the contract shall be protected against himself. "The state still retains an interest in his welfare, however reckless he may be. The whole is no greater... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1502 pages
...properly interpose ¡ta authority. . . . But the fact that both parties are of full age and competent tu contract does not necessarily deprive the state of...where the public health demands that one party to [42] the contract shall be protected against himself. 'The state still retains an interest in hie welfare,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 892 pages
...guide, and the legislature may properly interpose its authority. . . . Cut the fact that both paities are of full age and competent to contract does not...deprive the state of the power to interfere where the partie» do not stand upon an equality, or where the public health demands that one party to the contract... | |
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