Baxter v. De Loach’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"It was held in that case that when a tenant threatened to vacate unless repairs to a rickety floor were made and the landlord met the threat with a promise to repair, the promise was based on a sufficient consideration and the tenant could recover ex contractu for injuries received by falling through the floor. The Alabama court reasoned that the injuries sustained were considered by the parties as possible if the promise to repair was not kept."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 107 So. 2d 166 - Wiley v. Dow