Trump to Hannity: I’ll Sue Bill Maher If He Doesn’t Pay $5 Million For Birth Certificate

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1. 
   Sue the SH#T OUT of BILL!!!

   Kenneth, 5 months ago Reply

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     Indeed! Make Maher put his money where his mouth is!!

     Linda, 5 months ago Reply
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   Unenforceable. (1) No mutuality; (2) Not in writing with Maher’s signature, therefore unenforceable under the Statute of Frauds (contracts for more than $500 must be in writing).

   Jeremy, 5 months ago Reply

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     That’s interesting, since I once enforced a $300,000 oral contract. It varies by jurisdiction and I’m no longer familiar w/NY laws, (assuming that is even the proper jurisdiction) having left in 1972.

     From your “wiki” Liberal site:

     Oral contract
     From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
     An oral contract is a contract the terms of which have been agreed by spoken communication, in contrast to a written contract, where the contract is a written document. There may be written, or other physical evidence, of an oral contract – for example where the parties write down what they have agreed – but the contract itself is not a written one.
     In general, oral contracts are just as valid as written ones, but some jurisdictions either require a contract to be in writing in certain circumstances (for example where real property is being conveyed, or that a contract be evidenced in writing (though it may be oral). An example of the latter being the requirement that contract of guarantee be evidenced in writing that is found in the Statute of Frauds.
     Similarly, the limitation period prescribed for an action may be shorter for an oral contract than it is for a written one.
     The term verbal contract is sometimes incorrectly used as a synonym for oral contract. However, a verbal contract is one that is agreed to using words, either written or spoken, as opposed to an implied contract.[1]
     [edit]Texaco vs. Pennzoil case

     Samuel Goldwyn said, “An oral contract is as good as the paper it’s written on,”[this quote needs a citation] but this is not always the case. Oral contracts, when done correctly before witnesses, can be enforced. For example, In 1984, after Getty Oil was sold to Pennzoil in a handshake deal, which is legally binding under New York law. (Even though the case was tried in Texas, New York law applied.) Texaco made a higher offer, and the company was sold to Texaco. Pennzoil filed a lawsuit alleging tortious interference with this oral contract, which the court upheld and awarded $11.1 billion in damages, later reduced to $9.1 billion, but increased again by interest and penalties.[2]

     More: http://wisblawg.blogspot.com/2007/07/is-oral-contract-as-good-as-written.html

     I’m willing to bet that Trump’s lawyers are smarter than you, although that’s no guarantee he’ll prevail. Betting instead that Liberal judges will be willing to be convinced that the offer was “sarcasm.”

     GeorgeM, 5 months ago Reply
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   Gee, George. Where are my posts citing actual New York law on this?

   Jeremy, 5 months ago Reply

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