CT · jury_instructions
Conn. Civ. Jury Instr. 4.1-5
Invalidity of Past Consideration
The defendant claims that the contract is not enforceable because it is based on past
consideration. Past consideration is not valid consideration. The plaintiff's promise to do
something which (he/she/it) was already bound by (his/her/its) prior contract to do is past
consideration. Past consideration is not sufficient to support an additional promise by the
defendant. If you find that the plaintiff was already bound by (his/her/its) prior contract with the
defendant to do <describe obligation>, then there can be no consideration for the contract at
issue because the defendant would receive nothing more than that to which (he/she/it) is already
entitled and the plaintiff has given nothing that (he/she/it) was not already under legal obligation
to give.
Provenance
- Source
- jud.ct.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-23
- Edition
- 2026-08-23
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