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|reasons=[[Benjamin Cardozo|Cardozo]]: Charitable promises aren't enforceable without consideration. A promise must induce the promisee (the College) to sustain a detriment. | |reasons=[[Benjamin Cardozo|Cardozo]]: Charitable promises aren't enforceable without consideration. A promise must induce the promisee (the College) to sustain a detriment. | ||
Courts have used [[promissory estoppel]] in charitable donation cases | Courts have used [[promissory estoppel]] in charitable donation cases. | ||
|rule=When a charitable subscription is made, and the charity relies on the promise, a promissory estoppel may result from the assumption of duty to apply the fund as a substitute for [[Contracts/Consideration|consideration]]. | |rule=When a charitable subscription is made, and the charity relies on the promise, a promissory estoppel may result from the assumption of duty to apply the fund as a substitute for [[Contracts/Consideration|consideration]]. | ||
|comments=*''[[Salsbury v. Northwestern Bell]]'' | |comments=*''[[Salsbury v. Northwestern Bell]]'' |