Legal Opinion
Long v. Straus
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 1886No. 12,429PublishedCited by 56 opinions
From the Noble Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
The instrument upon which this action is founded reads thus:
“Received of Joseph S. Long sixteen hundred dollars, on deposit, in National currency. Straits Bros.
“ Ligonier, April 27th, 1865.”
This instrument is more than a mere receipt, for it embodies an agreement. The terms of the agreement are not, it is true, expressly stated in the instrument, but they arc clearly implied in the language employed by the parties. The law is a silent factor in every contract, and it is a factor in this one. Foulks v. Falls, 91 Ind. 315, see p. 320. There are, indeed, very few contracts that would be…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Curtis and Others v. . LeavittNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Payne v. . GardinerNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
- Johnston v. GriestIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- Caviness v. RushtonIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Foulks v. FallsIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
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3Cited by56 opinions
- n.sidney Nyhus v. Travel Management CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Carr v. State ex rel. CoetlosquetIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
- Grossman v. . SchenkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Conant v. National State BankIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Hancock v. YadenIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
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