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And speaking of theological lawsuits, here's a real one. A woman successfully sued a church for breach of contract when she didn't meet Jesus.
America...what a country.
Posted by Rand Simberg at January 30, 2002 08:27 AM
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From what I could glean from the Ananova article, this is a textbook case: breach of a unilateral contract.
Defendant promised plaintiff a thing of value (seeing Jeezus in the flesh) if plaintiff would give defendant a thing of value (her worldly goods). Plaintiff delivered her worldly goods, thereby accepting defendant's offer. This created a binding contract. Defendant failed to deliver. So, plaintiff gets made whole, ie: gets her worldly goods back.
It's old law, and good law.
Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co., 1 Q.B. 256 (1856).
Moral: Don't sell Jeezus short.
He who sells what isn't his'n
Must buy it back, or go to prison.
Posted by Quinbus Flestrin at January 30, 2002 12:44 PM
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