American Viking Contractors, Inc. v. Scribner Equipment Co., Inc., Scribner Equipment Co., Inc. v. Henry F. Nelson

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• alleged oral agreement cannot support defenses of failure of consideration, want of consideration or estoppel
• “A promise which is unenforceable cannot be reasonably relied upon and thus cannot form the basis for an action in fraud.” (citation omitted) (applying Georgia law)
• promise which is unenforceable cannot be reasonably relied upon

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).