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The Plaintiff, lessor, leased gas stations to Kemp (operating as Webb Oil Company). Kemp was purchasing Webb Oil from Defendant and later became heavily indebted to Defendant.
Supreme Court of Minnesota | 258 Minn. 533, 104 N.W.2d 661 (1960)
Drennan (Plaintiff), acting as a contractor, was looking to submit a bid for 'Monte Vista School Job' in the Lancaster School District on 7/28/1955. These bids had to be placed before 8pm that same day.
Supreme Court of California | 51 Cal. 2d 409, 333 P.2d 757 (1958)
The facts of the case are that the plaintiff (Hamer) was the defendant (Sidway's) nephew whom the defendant claimed that if the plaintiff did not smoke, drink, swear, play cards or billiards until he was 21 that he would pay the plaintiff $5000. The plaintiff complied with this offer and when he turned 21 he sent a letter to his uncle alerting him to this fact and his uncle replied that he would send him the $5000 as soon as possible.
New York Court of Appeals | 124 N.Y. 538, 27 N.E. 256 (1981)
In 1963, Boston University commenced plans to expand its library's special collections. Once plans for construction of a library to house new holdings were firm, the newly appointed director of special collections, Dr.
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts | 647 N.E.2d 1196 (1995)
Plaintiff (Antillico) Kirksey is defendant Kirksey's deceased brother's wife. The defendant wrote a letter to the plaintiff offering her a place to live after he heard of his brother's death.
Supreme Court of Alabama | 8 Ala. 131 (1845)
Defendant (Superior Steel Corp.) wrote a letter to plaintiff (Langer) stating that the corporation would pay him $100 a month for the remainder of his natural life as long as the plaintiff was loyal to the company and did not seek employment in any competitive occupation.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania | Pa. Super. Ct., 105 Pa. Super. 579, 161 A. 571 (1932)
Ricketts left a note for Katie Scothorm promising to pay her $2,000 for the rest of her life if she ceased to work for a living. Scothorn claims her consideration for the money was that she should surrender her employment as a bookkeeper and cease to work for a living in return for the money.
Nebraska Supreme Court | Neb. Sup. Ct., 57 Neb. 51, 77 N.W. 365 (1898)
Daniel Tweeddale, the defendant, contracted with his mother such that he received a parcel of land and she received a bond for $1350 that needed to be paid out if he sold the property. The terms of the agreement also said that he had to pay his sister $50 and his brother, Edward Tweeddale and the plaintiff, $150.
Supreme Court of Wisconsin | Wis. Sup. Ct., 116 Wis. 517, 93 N.W. 440 (1903)