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Kidnapper Sues Former Hostages, Says They Broke Promise
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:17 pm
by JJVP
Just when you think things can't get any weirder.
A man who held a Kansas couple hostage in their home while fleeing from authorities is suing them, claiming that they broke an oral contract made when he promised them money in exchange for hiding him from police. The couple has asked a judge to dismiss the suit
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Re: Kidnapper Sues Former Hostages, Says They Broke Promise
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:20 pm
by mamabearCali
Really--I mean really? You don't get any dumber.
Re: Kidnapper Sues Former Hostages, Says They Broke Promise
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:42 pm
by wheelgun1958
UCC Article 3 ยง 3-305. DEFENSES AND CLAIMS IN RECOUPMENT.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the right to enforce the obligation of a party to pay an instrument is subject to the following:
(1) a defense of the obligor based on (i) infancy of the obligor to the extent it is a defense to a simple contract, (ii) duress, lack of legal capacity, or illegality of the transaction which, under other law, nullifies the obligation of the obligor, (iii) fraud that induced the obligor to sign the instrument with neither knowledge nor reasonable opportunity to learn of its character or its essential terms, or (iv) discharge of the obligor in insolvency proceedings;