Lucy v. Zehmer

Table of Contents

Contracts Keyed to Murphy

The Importance Of Promise
- Bailey v. West
  340 U.S. 918, 71 S. Ct. 349, 95 L. Ed. 663 (1951)
- Bolin Farms v. American Cotton Shippers Association
  370 F. Supp. 1353 (W.D. La. 1974)
The Bases Of Contract Liability
- Kirksey v. Kirksey
  8 Ala. 131 (1845)
- Hamer v. Sidway
  36 N.Y. St. Rptr. 888, 124 N.Y. 538, 27 N.E. 256 (1891)
- Bogigian v. Bogigian
  273 U.S. 746, 47 S. Ct. 448, 71 L. Ed. 871 (1927)
- Haigh v. Brooks
- Apfel v. Prudential-Bache Securities Inc
  81 N.Y.2d 470, 600 N.Y.S.2d 433, 616 N.E.2d 1095 (1993)
- Jones v. Star Credit Corp
  59 Misc. 2d 189, 298 N.Y.S.2d 264 (Sup. Ct. 1969)
- In re Greene
  45 F.2d 428 (S.D.N.Y. 1930)
- Fiege v. Boehme
  210 Md. 352, 123 A.2d 316 (1956)
- Levine v. Blumenthal
- Alaska Packers' Association v. Domenico
  117 F. 99 (9th Cir. 1902)
- Angel v. Murray
- McMichael v. Price
- Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
  222 N.Y. 88, 118 N.E. 214 (1917)
- Omni Group, Inc v. Seattle-First National Bank
  32 Wn. App. 22, 645 P.2d 727 (Ct. App. 1982)
- Mills v. Wyman
- Manwill v. Oyler
  11 Utah 2d 433, 361 P.2d 177 (1961)
- Webb v. McGowin
  232 Ala. 374, 168 So. 199 (1936)
- Ricketts v. Scothorn
  57 Neb. 51, 77 N.W. 365 (1898)
- Allegheny College v. National Chautauqua County Bank of Jamestown
  246 N.Y. 369, 159 N.E. 173 (1927)
- Feinberg v. Pfeiffer Co
  322 S.W.2d 163 (Mo. Ct. App. 1959)
- All-Tech Telecom, Inc. v. Amway Corporation
  174 F.3d 862 (7th Cir. 1999)
- North Shore Bottling Co. v. C. Schmidt & Sons, Inc
  22 N.Y.2d 171, 292 N.Y.S.2d 86, 239 N.E.2d 189 (1968)
- Crabtree v. Elizabeth Arden Sales Corp
  305 N.Y. 48, 110 N.E.2d 551 (1953)
- Langer v. Superior Steel Corp
  318 Pa. 490, 178 A. 490 (1935)
- Thomas v. Thomas
An Introduction To Contract Remedies
- Sullivan v. O'Connor
- Hadley v. Baxendale
  156 ER 145, Volume 156
- Acquista v. New York Life Insurance Company
  285 A.D.2d 73, 730 N.Y.S.2d 272 (App Div, 1st Dept 2001)
- Boise Dodge Inc. v. Clark
  92 Idaho 902, 453 P.2d 551 (1969)
- Curtice Brothers Co. v. Catts
  72 N.J. Eq. 831, 2 Buch. 831, 66 A. 935 (Ch. 1907)
- Bohac v. Department of Agriculture
  239 F.3d 1334, 17 IER Cases 434 (Fed. Cir. 2001)
The Bargain Relationship
- Lucy v. Zehmer
  196 Va. 493, 84 S.E.2d 516 (1954)
- Cohen v. Cowles Media Company
  798806, 1987 BL 244, 14 Med. L. Rptr. 1460 (D. Minn. June 19, 1987)
- Lonegran v. Scolnick
  129 Cal.App.2d 179, 276 P.2d 8 (Ct. App. 1954)
- Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store
  251 Minn. 188, 86 N.W.2d 689 (1957)
- Leonard v. Pepsico
  210 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 2000)
- Bretz v. Portland General Electric Co
  882 F.2d 411 (9th Cir. 1989)
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. First National Bank
  1999 SD 144, 602 N.W.2d 291
- LaSalle National Bank v.Vega
  167 Ill. App. 3d 154, 117 Ill. Dec. 778, 520 N.E.2d 1129 (App. Ct. 1988)
- Hendricks v. Behee
  786 S.W.2d 610 (Mo. Ct. App. 1990)
- Corinthian Pharmaceutical Systems, Inc. v. Lederle Laboratories
  724 F. Supp. 605 (S.D. Ind. 1989)
- Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co
- Glover v. Jewish War Veterans of United States
  58, 68 A.2d 233 (D.C. 1949)
- Industrial America, Inc. v. Fulton Industries, Inc
  285 A.2d 412 (Del. 1971)
- Adams v. Lindsell
  106 ER 250, Volume 106
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Columbus Rolling-Mill Co
  119 U.S. 149, 7 S. Ct. 168, 30 L. Ed. 376 (1886)
- Textile Unlimited, Inc. v. A.BMH and Company, Inc
  240 F.3d 781 (9th Cir. 2001)
- Hill v. Gateway 2000
  522 U.S. 808, 118 S. Ct. 47, 139 L. Ed. 2d 13 (1997)
- Klocek v. Gateway
  104 F. Supp. 2d 1332, 6 ILRD 274 (D. Kan. 2000)
- Specht v. Netscape Communications Corporation
  306 F.3d 17, 11 ILRD 832, 2002 ILRC 2017 (2d Cir. 2002)
- Dickenson v. Dodds
- Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Westside Investment Corp
  428 S.W.2d 92 (Tex. 1968)
- Marchiondo v. Scheck
  78 N.M. 440, 432 P.2d 405 (1967)
- James Baird Co. v. Gimbel Brothers, Inc
  64 F.2d 344 (2d Cir. 1933)
- Drennan v. Star Paving Co
  51 Cal.2d 409, 333 P.2d 757 (1958)
- SKB Industries, Inc. v. Insite
  250 Ga. App. 574, 551 S.E.2d 380 (Ct. App. 2001)
Avoidance Of Contracts
- Laidlaw v. Organ
  15 U.S. 178, 2 Wheat. 178, 4 L. Ed. 214 (1817)
- Vokes v. Arthur Murray, Inc
  212 So. 2d 906 (Fla. 2d DCA 1968)
- Hill v. Jones
  151 Ariz. 81, 725 P.2d 1115 (Ct. App. 1986)
- Watts v. Watts
  137 Wis. 2d 506, 405 N.W.2d 303 (1987)
- Bowling v. Sperry
  133 Ind. App. 692, 184 N.E.2d 901 (Ct. App. 1962)
- Heights Realty, Ltd. v. Phillips
  106 N.M. 692, 749 P.2d 77 (1988)
- CitiFinancial, Inc. v. Brown
- Ervin v. Hosanna Ministry, Inc
- Boise Junior College District v. Mattefs Construction Co
  92 Idaho 757, 450 P.2d 604 (1969)
- Beachcomber Coins, Inc. v. Boskett
  442, 400 A.2d 78 (Super. Ct. App. Div. 1979)
- Sherwood v. Walker
  66 Mich. 568, 33 N.W. 919 (1887)
- Lenawee County Board of Health v. Messerly
  417 Mich. 17, 331 N.W.2d 203 (1982)
- Ayer v. Western Union Telegraph Co
  79 Me. 493, 10 A. 495 (1887)
- Rubenstein v. Rubenstein
  20 N.J. 359, 120 A.2d 11 (1956)
- Austin Instrument, Inc. v. Loral Corp
  29 N.Y.2d 124, 324 N.Y.S.2d 22, 272 N.E.2d 533 (1971)
- Machinery Hauling, Inc. v. Steel of West Virginia
  181 W. Va. 694, 384 S.E.2d 139 (1989)
- Fleet v. United States Consumer Council, Inc
  95 B.R. 319 (E.D. Pa. 1989)
- Ferguson v. Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc
  298 F.3d 778, 89 FEP Cases 706 (9th Cir. 2002)
- Weaver v. American Oil Co
  257 Ind. 458, 276 N.E.2d 144 (1971)
- Zapatha v. Dairy Mart, Inc
  381 Mass. 284, 408 N.E.2d 1370 (1980)
- Coursey v. Caterpilar, Inc
  64 F.3d 662 (6th Cir. 1995)
- Sinnar v. Le Roy
  44 Wn.2d 728, 270 P.2d 800 (1954)
- Homani v. Iranzadi
  211 Cal.App.3d 1104, 260 Cal.Rptr. 6 (Ct. App. 1989)
- Data Management, Inc. v. Greene
  757 P.2d 62, 3 IER Cases 796 (Alaska 1988)
- Wallis v. Smith
  2001-NMCA-017, 130 N.M. 214, 22 P.3d 682
Breach Of Contract And Permissible Remedial Responses
- Hochster v. De La Tour
  118 ER 922, Volume 118
- John Hancock Mutual Insurance C. v. Cohen
  254 F.2d 417 (9th Cir. 1958)
- New Era Homes Corp. v. Forster
  299 N.Y. 303, 86 N.E.2d 757 (1949)
- Locks v. Wade
- Inchaustegui v. 666 5th Avenue Limited Partnership
  96 N.Y.2d 111, 725 N.Y.S.2d 627, 749 N.E.2d 196
- Reliance Cooperage Corp. v. Treat
- Rivers v. Dean
  209 A.D.2d 936, 619 N.Y.S.2d 419 (App Div, 4th Dept 1994)
- American Standard, Inc. v. Schectman
  80 A.D.2d 318, 439 N.Y.S.2d 529 (App Div, 4th Dept 1981)
- Hydraform Products Corp. v. America Steel & Aluminum Corp
  127 N.H. 187, 498 A.2d 339 (1985)
- Laclede Gas Co. v. Amoco Oil Co
  522 F.2d 33 (8th Cir. 1975)
- Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Carbon County Coal Co
- Walgreen Co. v. Sara Creek Property Co
  966 F.2d 273 (7th Cir. 1992)
- Southwest Engineering Co. v. United States
  382 U.S. 819, 86 S. Ct. 45, 15 L. Ed. 2d 66 (1965)
- United Air Lines, Inc, v. Austin Travel Corp
  867 F.2d 737 (2d Cir. 1989)
- Leeber v. Deltona Corp
  546 A.2d 452 (Me. 1988)
- Lewis Refrigeration Co. v. Sawyer Fruit, Vegetable and Cold Storage Co
  709 F.2d 427 (6th Cir. 1983)
- Taylor v. Johnson
  15 Cal.3d 130, 123 Cal.Rptr. 641, 539 P.2d 425 (1975)
- AMF, Inc. v. McDonnalds
  536 F.2d 1167 (7th Cir. 1976)
- Plotnick v. Pennsylvania Smelting & Refining Co
  194 F.2d 859 (3d Cir. 1952)
- American Mechanical Corp. v. Union Machine Co. of Lynn, Inc
  21 Mass. App. Ct. 97, 485 N.E.2d 680 (App. Ct. 1985)
- Bernstein v. Nemeyer
  213 Conn. 665, 570 A.2d 164 (1990)
- Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal & Mining Company
  382 P.2d 109 (Okla. 1962)
- Spang Industires, Inc., Fort Pitt Bridge Divisions v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co
  512 F.2d 365 (2d Cir. 1975)
- American Broadcasting Companies v. Wolf
  52 N.Y.2d 394, 438 N.Y.S.2d 482, 420 N.E.2d 363 (1981)
Contract Dispute Resolution: Some Alternatives To Courts
- DeValk Lincoln Mercury, Inc. v. Ford Motor Company
  811 F.2d 326 (7th Cir. 1987)
- Douthwright v. Northeast Corridor Foundation
  72 Conn. App. 319, 805 A.2d 157 (App. Ct. 2002)
- Parisi v. Netlearning, Inc
- Michael-Curry Co. v. Knutson Shareholders
  449 N.W.2d 139 (Minn. 1989)
- Brook v. Peak International, Ltd
  294 F.3d 668, 18 IER Cases 1373 (5th Cir. 2002)
Third Party Interests
- Fitzroy v. Cave
- Allhusen v. Caristo Contstruction Corp
  303 N.Y. 446, 103 N.E.2d 891 (1952)
- Continental Purchasing Co. v. Van Raalte Co
  251 App. Div. 151, 295 N.Y.S. 867 (App Div, 4th Dept 1937)
- Zigas v. Superior Court
  120 Cal.App.3d 827, 174 Cal.Rptr. 806 (Ct. App. 1981)
- Owen v. CNA Insurance/Continental Casualty Company
  167 N.J. 450, 771 A.2d 1208 (2001)
- Sally Beauty Supply Co. v. Nexxus Products Co
  801 F.2d 1001 (7th Cir. 1986)
- KMART Corporation v. Balfour Beatty, Inc
  994 F. Supp. 634 (D.V.I. 1998)
- Johnson v. Holms Tuttle Lincoln-Mercury, Inc
  160 Cal.App.2d 290, 325 P.2d 193 (Ct. App. 1958)
- Hale v. Groce
  304 Or. 281, 744 P.2d 1289 (1987)
- Tweeddale v. Tweeddale
  116 Wis. 517, 93 N.W. 440 (1903)

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Contracts Keyed to Murphy

The Importance Of Promise
- Bailey v. West
  340 U.S. 918, 71 S. Ct. 349, 95 L. Ed. 663 (1951)
- Bolin Farms v. American Cotton Shippers Association
  370 F. Supp. 1353 (W.D. La. 1974)
The Bases Of Contract Liability
- Kirksey v. Kirksey
  8 Ala. 131 (1845)
- Hamer v. Sidway
  36 N.Y. St. Rptr. 888, 124 N.Y. 538, 27 N.E. 256 (1891)
- Bogigian v. Bogigian
  273 U.S. 746, 47 S. Ct. 448, 71 L. Ed. 871 (1927)
- Haigh v. Brooks
- Apfel v. Prudential-Bache Securities Inc
  81 N.Y.2d 470, 600 N.Y.S.2d 433, 616 N.E.2d 1095 (1993)
- Jones v. Star Credit Corp
  59 Misc. 2d 189, 298 N.Y.S.2d 264 (Sup. Ct. 1969)
- In re Greene
  45 F.2d 428 (S.D.N.Y. 1930)
- Fiege v. Boehme
  210 Md. 352, 123 A.2d 316 (1956)
- Levine v. Blumenthal
- Alaska Packers' Association v. Domenico
  117 F. 99 (9th Cir. 1902)
- Angel v. Murray
- McMichael v. Price
- Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
  222 N.Y. 88, 118 N.E. 214 (1917)
- Omni Group, Inc v. Seattle-First National Bank
  32 Wn. App. 22, 645 P.2d 727 (Ct. App. 1982)
- Mills v. Wyman
- Manwill v. Oyler
  11 Utah 2d 433, 361 P.2d 177 (1961)
- Webb v. McGowin
  232 Ala. 374, 168 So. 199 (1936)
- Ricketts v. Scothorn
  57 Neb. 51, 77 N.W. 365 (1898)
- Allegheny College v. National Chautauqua County Bank of Jamestown
  246 N.Y. 369, 159 N.E. 173 (1927)
- Feinberg v. Pfeiffer Co
  322 S.W.2d 163 (Mo. Ct. App. 1959)
- All-Tech Telecom, Inc. v. Amway Corporation
  174 F.3d 862 (7th Cir. 1999)
- North Shore Bottling Co. v. C. Schmidt & Sons, Inc
  22 N.Y.2d 171, 292 N.Y.S.2d 86, 239 N.E.2d 189 (1968)
- Crabtree v. Elizabeth Arden Sales Corp
  305 N.Y. 48, 110 N.E.2d 551 (1953)
- Langer v. Superior Steel Corp
  318 Pa. 490, 178 A. 490 (1935)
- Thomas v. Thomas
An Introduction To Contract Remedies
- Sullivan v. O'Connor
- Hadley v. Baxendale
  156 ER 145, Volume 156
- Acquista v. New York Life Insurance Company
  285 A.D.2d 73, 730 N.Y.S.2d 272 (App Div, 1st Dept 2001)
- Boise Dodge Inc. v. Clark
  92 Idaho 902, 453 P.2d 551 (1969)
- Curtice Brothers Co. v. Catts
  72 N.J. Eq. 831, 2 Buch. 831, 66 A. 935 (Ch. 1907)
- Bohac v. Department of Agriculture
  239 F.3d 1334, 17 IER Cases 434 (Fed. Cir. 2001)
The Bargain Relationship
- Lucy v. Zehmer
  196 Va. 493, 84 S.E.2d 516 (1954)
- Cohen v. Cowles Media Company
  798806, 1987 BL 244, 14 Med. L. Rptr. 1460 (D. Minn. June 19, 1987)
- Lonegran v. Scolnick
  129 Cal.App.2d 179, 276 P.2d 8 (Ct. App. 1954)
- Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store
  251 Minn. 188, 86 N.W.2d 689 (1957)
- Leonard v. Pepsico
  210 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 2000)
- Bretz v. Portland General Electric Co
  882 F.2d 411 (9th Cir. 1989)
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. First National Bank
  1999 SD 144, 602 N.W.2d 291
- LaSalle National Bank v.Vega
  167 Ill. App. 3d 154, 117 Ill. Dec. 778, 520 N.E.2d 1129 (App. Ct. 1988)
- Hendricks v. Behee
  786 S.W.2d 610 (Mo. Ct. App. 1990)
- Corinthian Pharmaceutical Systems, Inc. v. Lederle Laboratories
  724 F. Supp. 605 (S.D. Ind. 1989)
- Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co
- Glover v. Jewish War Veterans of United States
  58, 68 A.2d 233 (D.C. 1949)
- Industrial America, Inc. v. Fulton Industries, Inc
  285 A.2d 412 (Del. 1971)
- Adams v. Lindsell
  106 ER 250, Volume 106
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Columbus Rolling-Mill Co
  119 U.S. 149, 7 S. Ct. 168, 30 L. Ed. 376 (1886)
- Textile Unlimited, Inc. v. A.BMH and Company, Inc
  240 F.3d 781 (9th Cir. 2001)
- Hill v. Gateway 2000
  522 U.S. 808, 118 S. Ct. 47, 139 L. Ed. 2d 13 (1997)
- Klocek v. Gateway
  104 F. Supp. 2d 1332, 6 ILRD 274 (D. Kan. 2000)
- Specht v. Netscape Communications Corporation
  306 F.3d 17, 11 ILRD 832, 2002 ILRC 2017 (2d Cir. 2002)
- Dickenson v. Dodds
- Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Westside Investment Corp
  428 S.W.2d 92 (Tex. 1968)
- Marchiondo v. Scheck
  78 N.M. 440, 432 P.2d 405 (1967)
- James Baird Co. v. Gimbel Brothers, Inc
  64 F.2d 344 (2d Cir. 1933)
- Drennan v. Star Paving Co
  51 Cal.2d 409, 333 P.2d 757 (1958)
- SKB Industries, Inc. v. Insite
  250 Ga. App. 574, 551 S.E.2d 380 (Ct. App. 2001)
Avoidance Of Contracts
- Laidlaw v. Organ
  15 U.S. 178, 2 Wheat. 178, 4 L. Ed. 214 (1817)
- Vokes v. Arthur Murray, Inc
  212 So. 2d 906 (Fla. 2d DCA 1968)
- Hill v. Jones
  151 Ariz. 81, 725 P.2d 1115 (Ct. App. 1986)
- Watts v. Watts
  137 Wis. 2d 506, 405 N.W.2d 303 (1987)
- Bowling v. Sperry
  133 Ind. App. 692, 184 N.E.2d 901 (Ct. App. 1962)
- Heights Realty, Ltd. v. Phillips
  106 N.M. 692, 749 P.2d 77 (1988)
- CitiFinancial, Inc. v. Brown
- Ervin v. Hosanna Ministry, Inc
- Boise Junior College District v. Mattefs Construction Co
  92 Idaho 757, 450 P.2d 604 (1969)
- Beachcomber Coins, Inc. v. Boskett
  442, 400 A.2d 78 (Super. Ct. App. Div. 1979)
- Sherwood v. Walker
  66 Mich. 568, 33 N.W. 919 (1887)
- Lenawee County Board of Health v. Messerly
  417 Mich. 17, 331 N.W.2d 203 (1982)
- Ayer v. Western Union Telegraph Co
  79 Me. 493, 10 A. 495 (1887)
- Rubenstein v. Rubenstein
  20 N.J. 359, 120 A.2d 11 (1956)
- Austin Instrument, Inc. v. Loral Corp
  29 N.Y.2d 124, 324 N.Y.S.2d 22, 272 N.E.2d 533 (1971)
- Machinery Hauling, Inc. v. Steel of West Virginia
  181 W. Va. 694, 384 S.E.2d 139 (1989)
- Fleet v. United States Consumer Council, Inc
  95 B.R. 319 (E.D. Pa. 1989)
- Ferguson v. Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc
  298 F.3d 778, 89 FEP Cases 706 (9th Cir. 2002)
- Weaver v. American Oil Co
  257 Ind. 458, 276 N.E.2d 144 (1971)
- Zapatha v. Dairy Mart, Inc
  381 Mass. 284, 408 N.E.2d 1370 (1980)
- Coursey v. Caterpilar, Inc
  64 F.3d 662 (6th Cir. 1995)
- Sinnar v. Le Roy
  44 Wn.2d 728, 270 P.2d 800 (1954)
- Homani v. Iranzadi
  211 Cal.App.3d 1104, 260 Cal.Rptr. 6 (Ct. App. 1989)
- Data Management, Inc. v. Greene
  757 P.2d 62, 3 IER Cases 796 (Alaska 1988)
- Wallis v. Smith
  2001-NMCA-017, 130 N.M. 214, 22 P.3d 682
Breach Of Contract And Permissible Remedial Responses
- Hochster v. De La Tour
  118 ER 922, Volume 118
- John Hancock Mutual Insurance C. v. Cohen
  254 F.2d 417 (9th Cir. 1958)
- New Era Homes Corp. v. Forster
  299 N.Y. 303, 86 N.E.2d 757 (1949)
- Locks v. Wade
- Inchaustegui v. 666 5th Avenue Limited Partnership
  96 N.Y.2d 111, 725 N.Y.S.2d 627, 749 N.E.2d 196
- Reliance Cooperage Corp. v. Treat
- Rivers v. Dean
  209 A.D.2d 936, 619 N.Y.S.2d 419 (App Div, 4th Dept 1994)
- American Standard, Inc. v. Schectman
  80 A.D.2d 318, 439 N.Y.S.2d 529 (App Div, 4th Dept 1981)
- Hydraform Products Corp. v. America Steel & Aluminum Corp
  127 N.H. 187, 498 A.2d 339 (1985)
- Laclede Gas Co. v. Amoco Oil Co
  522 F.2d 33 (8th Cir. 1975)
- Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Carbon County Coal Co
- Walgreen Co. v. Sara Creek Property Co
  966 F.2d 273 (7th Cir. 1992)
- Southwest Engineering Co. v. United States
  382 U.S. 819, 86 S. Ct. 45, 15 L. Ed. 2d 66 (1965)
- United Air Lines, Inc, v. Austin Travel Corp
  867 F.2d 737 (2d Cir. 1989)
- Leeber v. Deltona Corp
  546 A.2d 452 (Me. 1988)
- Lewis Refrigeration Co. v. Sawyer Fruit, Vegetable and Cold Storage Co
  709 F.2d 427 (6th Cir. 1983)
- Taylor v. Johnson
  15 Cal.3d 130, 123 Cal.Rptr. 641, 539 P.2d 425 (1975)
- AMF, Inc. v. McDonnalds
  536 F.2d 1167 (7th Cir. 1976)
- Plotnick v. Pennsylvania Smelting & Refining Co
  194 F.2d 859 (3d Cir. 1952)
- American Mechanical Corp. v. Union Machine Co. of Lynn, Inc
  21 Mass. App. Ct. 97, 485 N.E.2d 680 (App. Ct. 1985)
- Bernstein v. Nemeyer
  213 Conn. 665, 570 A.2d 164 (1990)
- Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal & Mining Company
  382 P.2d 109 (Okla. 1962)
- Spang Industires, Inc., Fort Pitt Bridge Divisions v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co
  512 F.2d 365 (2d Cir. 1975)
- American Broadcasting Companies v. Wolf
  52 N.Y.2d 394, 438 N.Y.S.2d 482, 420 N.E.2d 363 (1981)
Contract Dispute Resolution: Some Alternatives To Courts
- DeValk Lincoln Mercury, Inc. v. Ford Motor Company
  811 F.2d 326 (7th Cir. 1987)
- Douthwright v. Northeast Corridor Foundation
  72 Conn. App. 319, 805 A.2d 157 (App. Ct. 2002)
- Parisi v. Netlearning, Inc
- Michael-Curry Co. v. Knutson Shareholders
  449 N.W.2d 139 (Minn. 1989)
- Brook v. Peak International, Ltd
  294 F.3d 668, 18 IER Cases 1373 (5th Cir. 2002)
Third Party Interests
- Fitzroy v. Cave
- Allhusen v. Caristo Contstruction Corp
  303 N.Y. 446, 103 N.E.2d 891 (1952)
- Continental Purchasing Co. v. Van Raalte Co
  251 App. Div. 151, 295 N.Y.S. 867 (App Div, 4th Dept 1937)
- Zigas v. Superior Court
  120 Cal.App.3d 827, 174 Cal.Rptr. 806 (Ct. App. 1981)
- Owen v. CNA Insurance/Continental Casualty Company
  167 N.J. 450, 771 A.2d 1208 (2001)
- Sally Beauty Supply Co. v. Nexxus Products Co
  801 F.2d 1001 (7th Cir. 1986)
- KMART Corporation v. Balfour Beatty, Inc
  994 F. Supp. 634 (D.V.I. 1998)
- Johnson v. Holms Tuttle Lincoln-Mercury, Inc
  160 Cal.App.2d 290, 325 P.2d 193 (Ct. App. 1958)
- Hale v. Groce
  304 Or. 281, 744 P.2d 1289 (1987)
- Tweeddale v. Tweeddale
  116 Wis. 517, 93 N.W. 440 (1903)

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Citation. 196 Va. 493, 84 S.E.2d 516 (1954)

Brief Fact Summary. The Defendant, Zehmer (Defendant), writes a contract to sell land on a napkin and when the Plaintiff, Lucy (Plaintiff), tries to enforce it, Defendant claims he was only joking.

Synopsis of Rule of Law. If a party to the contract has a reasonable belief that the other party has the requisite intent to enter into the agreement when he does not, the contract is still enforceable.

Facts. Plaintiff’s sued the Defendant for specific performance of a contract in which the Defendant sold to Plaintiff a tract of land containing 471.6 acres for $50,000. Plaintiff and Defendant were sitting around before Christmas drinking together. They had a conversation about selling land for $50,000. The parties wrote up a contract signed by the Defendant saying they would give up the land for $50,000. Plaintiff offered $5 to ensure the bargain was binding and the Defendant refused. A waitress even testified that the Defendant said he was joking. Plaintiff went out and got his brother to put up half of the money. Plaintiff went back to Defendant and Defendant said I was only joking (Defendant claimed he told Plaintiff he was joking right after the contract was made). Defendant’s attorneys admitted that he wasn’t too drunk to make a contract.

Issue. Does a valid contract exist?

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