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Fallsview Glatt Kosher Caterers, Inc. v. Rosenfeld |
UCC Caterers sued Rosenfeld saying that he requested accommodations for members of his family for $24,000 that he did not payRosenfeld said that there is no written contract |
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Baer v. Chase |
The issue of definiteness Baer provided Chase with information that was important to the development of the show the Sopranos. Chase promised Baer that if the show was successful, Chase would "take care" of Baer. Chase never paid Baer so Baer sued. Federal Court dismissed the case because it was too indefiniteToo open ended "take care of" |
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Soldau v. Organon, INc. |
Mailbox ruleSoldau was fired and Organon sent him a letter offering to pay him double the normal severance pay if he were to sign a release that he wouldn't sue them.He signed the release, and put it in the mailbox at the post office.HR had accidentally already sent him the check for double.He tried to get the letter back so that he could keep the double and sueHe was able to persuade the person at the post office to retrieve the letter from the mailboxHe bragged about it and because of the mailbox rule, he lost |
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Hamer v. Sidway |
The person who makes the assignment is the assinor and the person who accepts the assignment is the assineeUncle promised to give nephew 5000 if he did not act inappropriatelyAfter the Uncle Sidway died, the executor decided that he didn't have to pay him anythingNephew story assigned his rights to the money to HamerSidway is the executorForbearance is considerationAssinee stands in the shoes of the assinorHamer gets the moneyThe assinee gets the money |
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Kim v. Son |
Son owned 2 corporations and was not personally liableKim invested in the corporations The businesses went under.Son felt bad and wrote in blood that he would pay him backGiving up a worthless right is not considerationCorporations are a separate legal personThe loan was not to Son personallyThe promise to bring a lawsuit without merit is no suit at allThere was never a legal basis to sue so the bloody contract does not create any legal obligation |
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Henches v. Taylor |
Accord and SatisfactionHenches is a massage therapist who treated Taylor after a car accidentHe billed Taylor for $7000, but the insurance company said that the amount was exorbitant (extreme) amountThey paid $2600Henches kept sending bills and then included his time to consult with other Health Care ProvidersHis final invoice was almost $12,000Taylor's lawyer wrote a letter to Henches and estimated the actual invoice to be about $5200 and enclosed a checkHe wrote Final Payment on the notation line, Taylor wrote over it as "attorney fees" and cashed it |
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Authentic Home Improvements v. Mayo |
License StatutesContractor didn’t' have license when work began. Got it soon after but it didn't matter |
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Lucy v. Zehmer |
Issue of definiteness- specific performance
farm sale In the field of contracts, as generally elsewhere, "We must look to the outward expression of a person as manifesting his intention rather than to his secret and unexpressed intention." "The law imputes to a person and intention corresponding to the reasonable meaning of his words and acts." |
