Morse v. Bellows’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district · 22 state decisions

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1. “. “Nor' is it necessary that the consideration should exist at the time of making the promise; for if the person to whom a promise is made should incur any" loss, expense, or liability in consequence of the promise, and relying ftpon' it, the promise, thereupon becomes obligatory. ' Thus, if A. promise B. to-pay him-a-'suíh'Of'rhoney-fif-he Will do a particular act, and- B. does the act, the promise thereupon becomes binding, although B. at the time of the promise does-not engage to do the act. In the intermediate time the' obligation of the contract or promise is suspended; for until the performance of the condition of the promise there is no consideration, and the promise is nudum pactum, but on the performance of the condition by the promisee it is clothed with a valid consideration, which relates back to the promise, and it then becomes obligatory.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wilson v. Clonbrock Steam-Boiler Co. · Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Coca-Cola Co.