What is the state of the law on mutuality of obligation under contract law?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Harvey v. Fearless Farris Wholesale, Inc., 589 F.2d 451 (9th Cir. 1979):
The district court concluded that the purported agreement lacked mutuality of obligation under these admitted terms, whereby the purchaser was free to buy elsewhere while the seller was bound at all times to sell to the purchaser. The court held that where there was no mutuality, there was no enforceable contract under Idaho contract law, as set out in McCandless v. Schick, 85
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