Whitten v. Greeley-Shaw

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• noting that \[e]very contract requires 'consideration' to support it\
• finding an agreement between a woman and a man having an extramarital affair unenforceable for lack of consideration because the woman’s promise not to call the man’s home or office without his permission was not requested by him or bargained for
• consideration must be sought after by the promisor and motivated by his request
• allegations of lack of consideration draw attention to the bargaining process and the requirement that a party’s performance or promise to do something cannot constitute consideration if it was not sought after by the other party and motivated by the latter’s request

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).