· 3/5/1957
Simons v. American Dry Ginger Ale Co. Inc.
Citations
- 140 N.E.2d 649
- 335 Mass. 521
- 1957 Mass. LEXIS 535
How courts have described this case
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- finding essential terms sufficiently definite in part because \[t]he parties had been engaged in dealings with each other over a considerable period of time\
- contract construed as terminable at will on reasonable notice was not illusory prior to termination
- \All the essential terms of a contract must be sufficiently definite so that the nature and extent of the obligations of the parties can be ascertained.\ (citation omitted)
- A contract is enforceable “if, when applied to the transaction and construed in the light of the attending circumstances, the meaning can be ascertained with reasonable certainty.” (Citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
- contract without specific duration may be terminable at will upon reasonable notice
- meaning of oral contract must be ascertainable with reasonable certainty
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Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Williams, Whittemore, Cutter
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