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Stilk v Myrick

(1809) 2 Camp 317
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of King's Bench
Year1809
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

performance of an existing duty owed to the promisor is not good consideration

Area of Law

Contract — Consideration and Estoppel

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