On 02/03/2008, WJhonson@aol.com WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 3/2/2008 2:43:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
geniice@gmail.com writes:
The counter argument to that is that would probably be to bring up the role of consideration (I'm assuming english common law based here Napoleonic code and the like will be somewhat different). Again I must stress I don't know or pretend to know what the law would decide in this area.>>
Moot. We're dealing with the law as it applies in Florida (and the US in general).
Florida and most US law is based on English common law. The role of consideration in contract law is one of the things that comes from English common law.
Most of the US (and most of the former British empire) is a common law jurisdiction.