Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. West Point Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “[promissory estoppel cannot be applied unless the promisee reasonably relied on the promise,” and holding, under facts of case, that “there could be no reasonable reliance on [alleged promise] because its enforceability is fraught with legal impediments”
• discussing contract requirement that performance bond be provided in form acceptable to the contractor
• “there could be no reasonable reliance on [the promise] because its enforceability is fraught with legal impediments”
• where a bonding company’s assertion that there would be “no problem” bonding a subcontractor, if it were awarded the project, was found insufficient to create an implied surety contract
• “Promissory estoppel cannot be applied unless the promisee reasonably relied on the promise.”
• reliance on promise unreasonable where no specific terms were discussed or agreed upon

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).