Ligon v. Parr’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 3 state decisions

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1. “It is not required that parties have reciprocal rights of the same kind or nature. David Roth’s Sons, Inc. v. Wright and Taylor, Inc., Ky., 343 S.W.2d 389 (1961). As said in Simpson on Contracts, 2nd Ed, page 86: ‘The fairness of an exchange is legally irrelevant. So long as a man gets what he has bargained for, and it is of some value in the eyes of the law, the courts will not inquire whether it is of any value to him, or whether its value is in any way proportionate to his promise given in return. The reason for the rule is not far to seek. Persons must be free to contract; and it is for the law to enforce the agreement they have made, not to make it or to correct it for them.’ [Emphasis added.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allen v. Lawyers Mut. Ins. Co. of Kentucky

2. “[T]he basic problem is one of reciprocal considerations. An option contract is binding and enforceable against the person giving the option if the other party has furnished a quid pro quo. This may consist of performing services or incurring obligations which constitute either a detriment to the party granted the option or a benefit to the party giving it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Arsenault v. PNC Mortgage Corp.