The promoter of companies had promised the bearers of share warrants that they should have dividends for so many years, and the promise as alleged was held not to shew any consideration.
Held: Any promise had been made to the original bearer and not to the plaintiff, and that as the plaintiff was not suing in the name of the original bearer there was no contract with him, and there was no consideration shewn for the promise to him.
Judges:
Lord Campbell
Citations:
[1853] 2 EB 476
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co CA 7-Dec-1892
Unilateral Contract Liability
The defendants advertised ‘The Carbolic Smoke Ball,’ in the Pall Mall Gazette, saying ‘pounds 100 reward will be paid by the Carbolic Smoke Ball Company to any person who contracts the increasing epidemic influenza, colds, or any disease caused by . .
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Contract
Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.267726
