Thomas v. Leja

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that among the essential elements of a contract under Michigan law are parties competent to contract and mutuality of agreement
• finding no consideration—and thus no contract—between creditor and a debtor when creditor’s “funds were never distributed” to the would-be debtor
• “It is a fundamental principle of contract law that a promise to pay is not binding if made without consideration.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).