LAW 122 Midterm: law cases for test 2
2 Nov 2015
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8 case: after being charged with a crime, anthony wrote to tammay, a lawyer, asking for assistance. Anthony asked in his letter to tammy, will you please help me avoid prosecution on these charges? tammy replied, do everything possible to achieve the desired result. tammy successfully helped anthony drop the charges, anthony said, thanks so much. I will prepare a cheque for and delivered to your office tomorrow. in fact, anthony never sent any cheque. After initial joy and relief wore off, anthony felt less thankful and now refuses to pay anything at all. Tammy insists that she is entitled to a contractual payment of . Application: according to past consideration, it consists something that a party did prior to the contemplation to contract. In this situation, although anthony promised to pay , but he is not legally obligated to keep that promise because there is no contract. Tammy provided its services before anthony promised to pay the money.
