Legal Cases on Void and Voidable Agreements, Slides of Technical Writing

Download Legal Cases on Void and Voidable Agreements and more Slides Technical Writing in PDF only on Docsity! Cases • A promises B to get him a Government job and B promises to pay Rs.1 Lac. The agreement is void. • A hires a house to use for gambling. T he agreement is void. Docsity.com Cases Cont… • A deceives B by stating that his factory produces 90 Kg of butter daily and induces B to buy it. The contract is voidable at the option of B. • A leaves his goods at B’s house by mistake. B treats them as his own and uses them. B is bound to pay for the goods. Docsity.com Cases Cont… • A fails to pay his loan to HBFC. A’s house is sold for recovery of debt. According to law, A is prohibited from purchasing his house. A asks B to purchase the house and transfer it back to him. The agreement between A and B is void. • A, a minor sold his shop to B. The amount was paid to A but the sale deed could not be registered as A was minor. On a suit by B, it was held that that the agreement was void. Docsity.com Cases Cont… • M, a minor fraudulently shows that he is of full age and contracts with N to sell his house can not sue M. • An agent refused to hand over the account book to the new agent unless the principal released him from all liabilities. The principal gave a release deed. It was held that the release deed was given under coercion. Docsity.com Cases Cont… An illiterate elderly woman gave a deed of gift of her whole property to her nephew who managed her estate. The deed was cancelled. Docsity.com Cases Cont… • A sold his bakery to B charging Rs. 1 lac as good will, and agreed not to open a bakery anywhere in Pakistan. • A gives Rs. 1 lac to B as loan for one year and agrees that if B does not return the loan, A must sue within two years otherwise B will not be liable. Docsity.com Cases Cont… • A and B agrees that if it rains today, A will pay Rs. 100 to B. If it does not rain, B will pay RS.100 to A. It did not rain that day A sued B to recover Rs.100, but failed. • A supplies B, who is a minor, with necessaries suitable to his condition of life. A was entitled to recover a reasonable cost of the necessaries supplied from the estate of the minor. Docsity.com Cases Cont… • Contracts to hire a room at a hotel to attend a seminar to be held on a particular date. The seminar is postponed. The contract is considered discharged. • A employs B as a clerk and his service is to start from 1 st. July. On 20 th. June A informs B that his services are not required. B may sue A for damages before 1 st. July. Docsity.com