BBG 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Tunxis Community College, Quasi-Contract
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If a person is so intoxicated that they so not understand the nature of their act, they are treated the same as an insane person. Liable under quasi contract for the reasonable value of necessities. If, on the other hand, of the effect of the intoxication is that they would not have made the contract of they were more sober (intoxication affected their judgment), it is enforceable. One of the elements of a contract is must have a legal purpose or object . If an illegal agreement is executory, the court will not enforce it, nor allow recovery of damages. If it has been executed, the court will leave the parties as it finds them. Contracts to commit crimes or civil wrongs. Agreements to commit crimes and civil wrongs are void. Wager: wager agreements and other forms of gambling are void.