contract right
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 205 U.S. 236 - Rochester Railway Company v. City of Rochester · 1907Most cited · 92 citing opinions
assignability
Although the obligations of such a contract are protected by the Federal Constitution from impairment by the state, the contract itself is not property, which, as such, can be transferred by the owner to another, because, being personal to him with whom it was made, it is incapable of assignment. The person with whom the contract is made by the state may continue to enjoy its benefits unmolested as long as he chooses, but there his rights end, and he cannot, by any form of conveyance, transmit the contract or its benefits to a successor.
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