Milliken v. Pratt

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1878-09-12

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Gray, C. J. The general rule is that the validity of a contract is to be determined by the law of the state in which it is made; if it is valid there, it is deemed valid everywhere, and will sustain an action in the courts of a state whose laws do not permit such a contract. Scudder v. Union National Bank, <a href="/opinion/89194/scudder-v-union-national-bank/" aria-descrip…

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