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Contracts Outline
i. Case: Young orphan nephew given note on pre-‐printed note with “value received” already printed ii. Issue: Consideration for the promised payment iii. Holding: Nephew gave no consideration to give the aunt’s note binding (having legal force) iv. Reasoning:
g. Embry v. Hargadine h. MCC-‐Marble Ceramic v. Ceramica Nuova D’Agsastino
e. City School District of Elmira v. McLane Construction f. Fox v. Webb g. Grossman Holdings v. Hourihan h. Advanced, Inc v. Wilks i. Aiello Construction v. Nationwide Tractor Trailer Training j. Wired Music v. Clark k. Vitex MFG Corp v. Caribtex Corp l. Ruxley Electronic and Construction v. Forsyth
foregone because of reliance on the promisor’s promise i. Calculating: geneally is more difficult – these costs involve a course of action that was not taken d. Reliance Interest: i. A party’s reliance interest is equal to the detriment that party incurred in reliance on the other party’s promise ii. The remedy that furthers the reliance interest is the one that puts the non-‐breaching party in the same position as if the promise had never been made iii. The reliance measure of damages is backward looking e. Performance = breach + damages f. Restitution