Law Business I
Chapter 15 Assignment Answers
Evelyn Tavares
1. No. Although she was probably under moral obligation to reward her neighbor, it does not
constitute consideration, so it is not enforceable.
4. Past consideration is no consideration. Stan prepared Charles tax return and he received his
payment entirely. In his case the promise for the additional $400 for doing a good job was
unenforceable, and lack consideration.
7. Yes. There was a failure of consideration when the system implemented by Proudfoot did save
Sanitary Linen money, as he said it would.
10. No, there were no promissory estoppels in this case. For a promissory estoppels to exist, the
Banks employee must have done a promise that lacks consideration, but he did not promise
anything, all what he did was to Bogart give an expectative, or prediction of when he would hear
back from the bank.
11. No. Because it is a case of past consideration (Kelsoe worked for the company before of the
Directors promise), the promise is not enforceable.
13. The adequacy of consideration is irrelevant. The children only gave the property to their
father in consideration of his payment of $1 each, because there was the condition that he would
leave them the property on his death.
14. Yes. The station announced that it would pay $ 25,000, and it certainly got many listeners
because of this advertise. Even though the station made clear that the listens had to hear 3
consecutive songs (without commercial), the station would still be liable for paying the listener
that detects the three consecutive songs.