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Ricketts v. Scothorn

77 N.W. 365 (NE Sup. Ct. 1898)

Tags: Contracts, Promissory estoppel, Equitable estoppel

tl;dr: Plaintiff's grandpa promised to pay her $2,000/year for life, claiming he did not want her to ever have to work again. Plaintiff quit her job immediately. But then her grandpa died and the executor of the estate refused to pay.

IRACIssue, Rule, Analysis, Conclusion

Facts & Holding

Facts:Defendant is the administrator of Ricketts’s will. Plaintiff is his...

Holding:Affirmed. The promise made here should not fail for lack...

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WomanlyGentleGoat

13:48

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13:48

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LFCLawyer

13:48

@BertieWilberfursWoofster: Good stuff, I was just curious. I am now all in at W&L and couldn't be more excited.

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13:56

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13:56

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13:57

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LFCLawyer

14:03

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14:06

Generals' Retreat had a couple openings - in Lexington

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14:07

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14:10

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14:15

@BertieWilberfursWoofster: What is your reddit username though?

BabyBorny

14:21

any cornell movement?

LivelyUnknownRattlesnake

14:29

hey does anyone know anything about the emory or ut austin wait list

WomanlyGentleGoat

14:31

ut austin says update by 6/24

WomanlyGentleGoat

14:31

emory tends to do things by snail mail

tsimm27

14:47

How can i find out how many minority scholorships were given out at USC?

GlizzyStones

15:03

I don't think that info is released for most law schools, just the amount of students that recieved scholarships.

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15:24

Any WL waves today for T14?

TimesCrusader

16:04

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16:24

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17:04

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17:23

Just got a feeler call from GULC

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17:23

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17:23

@CaractacusPot: Nice! Did your GULC tracker change?

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17:24

@CaractacusPot: congrats dude :-)

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17:28

@CaractacusPot: I hope you get in! I saw they've sent a couple As today

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17:38

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BabyBorny

17:39

Does anyone know what’s up with Cornell?

BabyBorny

17:39

When are they sending out decisions off the waitlist?

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17:40

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