Steele v. Curle
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Covenant. From the Circuit Court for Madison Countf. Theaction, plena, and demurrers,1 and questions arising. The law of the place where a personal contract is made, determines its interpretation, obligation and effect— unless it appears, npon its face, that it is to be performed elsewhere, and then, in those respects, the law of the place of performance prevail^. As to the remedy, and the effect pf evidence, the law of the court yvhere the remedy is sought, is ¡dope to be…
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Covenant. From the Circuit Court for Madison Countf. Theaction, plena, and demurrers,1 and questions arising. The law of the place where a personal contract is made, determines its interpretation, obligation and effect— unless it appears, npon its face, that it is to be performed elsewhere, and then, in those respects, the law of the place of performance prevail^. As to the remedy, and the effect pf evidence, the law of the court yvhere the remedy is sought, is ¡dope to be consulted, The meaning of a contract is the same, and except where particular forms are required by law, the moral and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Robertson
To an action of covenant, brought by Curie against - ° Steele, on a written warranty of the soundness of a slave, the latter pleaded: first—that the writing was executed in Virginia, and that, having no seal, it was, by the lex loci contractus, not a covenant, but a simple contract merely. Second—that the warranty was made in consideration, altogether, of a sale of the slave by himself to Curie in Virginia; that both of them were then citizens of Kentucky; and that Curie bought the slave with the intention and for the purpose of importing him into this state, in violation of the statute of…
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