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Torts - Unfair Competition - Preventing Formation Of Contract, Anthony L. Dividio
Torts - Unfair Competition - Preventing Formation Of Contract, Anthony L. Dividio
Michigan Law Review
The Supreme Court of Minnesota was recently confronted with an interesting problem in the case of Johnson v. Gustafson. Real property was listed by the owner with the plaintiff, a real estate broker, who was to receive a $300 commission if she found a purchaser therefor. The plaintiff interested one Clarity in the property, but no offer to purchase was made. Desiring the property but being unwilling to pay the full price of $6,000, Clarity induced his friend Gustafson to purchase it for $5,700 with Clarity's money, directly from the owner, who had a right to sell it himself …
Contracts - Moral Obligation As Consideration - Promise To Pay For Benefits Previously Received, Michigan Law Review
Contracts - Moral Obligation As Consideration - Promise To Pay For Benefits Previously Received, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiffs, assignees of an oil lease of land, after drilling a dry hole thereon, did not comply with the requirements of their agreement for further development within a stipulated time, in consequence of which there was a formal termination in accordance with the terms of the assignment. An extension of the lease, which the lessees obtained, was assigned to the defendants, who had knowledge of the foregoing circumstances and plaintiffs' claim of a property right in the dry hole. Defendants promised to pay plaintiffs for the use of the dry hole, but subsequently repudiated any liability on the promise. Held …