Mountain State Bolt, Nut & Screw Co. v. Best-Way Transportation

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[I]f the acts to be performed under the contract are themselves illegal or contrary to public policy, or if the legislature has clearly demonstrated its intent to prohibit maintenance of a cause of action, then recovery should be denied.”
• “[I]f the acts to be performed under the contract are themselves illegal or contrary to public policy, or if the legislature has clearly demonstrated its intent to prohibit maintenance of a cause of action, then recovery should be denied.”
• “[P]arties have the legal right to make such contracts as they desire to make, provided only that the contract shall not be for illegal purposes or against public policy.” (quoting S. H. Kress & Co. v. Evans, 21 Ariz. 442, 449 (1920))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).