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'A' promises to superintend, on behalf of 'B', a legal manufacture of indigo, and an illegal traffic in…

The agreement is void because one indivisible salary supports services whose object is partly unlawful. Section 24 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 uses this…

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'A' promises to superintend, on behalf of 'B', a legal manufacture of indigo, and an illegal traffic in other articles. 'B' promises to pay to 'A' a salary of 10,000 rupees a year. This agreement is -

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The agreement is void because one indivisible salary supports services whose object is partly unlawful. Section 24 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 uses this indigo-manufacture and illegal-traffic example to illustrate the rule. The lawful part does not save the single agreement when the consideration covers both activities without separation.

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