ADMS 2610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Syllogism, Major Force, Life Insurance
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Lecture notes session three contracts 2. Chapter 11: failure to create an enforceable contract. A state of affairs in which a party (or both parties) has formed an erroneous opinion as to identity of subject matter, or some other important term. It refers to a situation where the parties have entered into an agreement in such a way that the contract does not express their true intentions. Recovery of money paid under a mistake of law was often difficult, because everyone is presumed to know the law. Mistake as to the existence of the subject matter of the contract or the identity of a party. Between 1979 and 1985 the respondent landlords demanded rent increases from the tenant who paid them without argument. The landlords failed to give 90 days" notice of the increases as required the. They were not, nor was the tenant, aware of the requirement.