LAWS 3003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Arraignment, Cash Flow, Zellers
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Consideration (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) Giving up a valid legal claim for baring to sue. A teenage boy went to zellers and stole a number of products. Can a promise to do what a party is already under legal duty to do, provide consideration for a promise in return. Duty imposed by pre existing contract with promisor. Promise to preform a duty imposed by contract with a third party. The court found that there was no consideration to pay more (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) We can encourage witness to get paid extra to provide better judgment. Mothers who had children born under wedlock were under stat duty to support the child. The father said to the mother of the child father promises mother to pay 1 pound a week and to let the child decide where she wants to live . The mother marries someone else after the allowance agreement.
