Economic need generally is sufficient to constitute duress.
A contract written exclusively by one party and presented to the other party on a take-it-or-leave-it basis is an adhesion contract.
ill and Karl contract for the sale of Jill’s horse for $1,000. Unknown to either party, the horse has died. Karl is
Moore Properties Inc. offers to sell land for $112,000. A customer agrees to buy the land at that price, but discovers the price should have been $121,000. Moore's misstatement of the price is:
Crosscreek County and Bridgework Corporation enter into a construction contract that includes mathematical specifications. Later Crosscreek, whose engineer, Damon, compiled the specs, learns that some of the dollar figures are incorrect. Bridgework r
Sylvia creates a profile for Today’s Date, Inc., an online dating service. She exaggerates her appealing features and posts a photo of her friend Uva, whom Sylvia thinks is prettier. Enticed by the profile, Van subscribes to the service so that he ca
May is a stockbroker. Due to May’s statements, Nora believes that the price of OK Goods, Inc. (OKGI), a widely traded stock, is going to in¬crease sub¬stantially. Nora buys 500 shares of OKGI at $10 per share, but the price soon drops to $2. Nora can
Gina induces Hu to enter into a contract for the purchase of a condominium about which Gina knowingly misrepresents a number of material features. When Hu discovers the truth, Hu can
Bret is convicted of arson for burning down his warehouse to collect the in-surance. On an application for insurance from Cover-All Insurance Company on a new building, in answer to a question about prior convictions, Bret does not disclose his convi
Nero makes an honest but erroneous statement that misrepresents a material fact in a contractual transaction with Odell. Nero is guilty of
Cartier, an accountant, convinces his client Bianca to sign a contract to invest her savings in a nonexistent social-networking Web site. When Bianca learns the truth, she can
Gary threatens physical harm to force Hugh to sell his business, Imports from Asia, Inc., to Gary for a below-market price. This is
Sam uses duress to force Tanya to agree to pay him for protecting her re¬tail store—Tanya’s Trends—against vandalism and destruction. Tanya may
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