Hughes vs. Cole: Breach of Contract

HUGHES V. COLE
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Any contract is consent that enacted in court. To be valid and enforceable, the license must fulfil the four demands: agreement, contractual capacity, legality, and consideration. When it comes to legality in a contract, the contract’s objective has to attain some lawful targets and not against public policy. Thus, an agreement would be unenforceable whenever it is engaged with unlawful acts like gambling and drugs.
Basing on the case of Hughes versus Cole, Cleveland Hughes, Walter Cole and other members agreed to pool their money into a venture of buying a collection of lottery tickets. If the team wins the lottery, the plan was to share the winning amount equally among each party in the venture. On September 12, Walter Cole bought a ticket and one of the chosen combinati...