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Abstract
Defendant leased from the plaintiff's assignor certain premises for a term of five years. After the lease was partially performed, the parties orally agreed to reduce the rent. The lessee, shortly before the expiration of the term, defaulted under the oral agreement. Plaintiff sued the defendant for the difference between the rent reserved and that which was paid under the oral agreement. Held, that an executed oral agreement, or so much of it as has been performed, will serve as a modification of a lease without regard to the presence or absence of consideration, but that which is executory cannot be enforced. Julian v. Gold (Cal. 1931) 3 Pac. (2d) 1009.
Recommended Citation
CONTRACTS - CONSIDERATION - AGREEMENT TO MODIFY A LEASE,
30
Mich. L. Rev.
1110
(1932).
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