Question

​judy, a widow, just sold a piece of property. she will live off that money during her retirement. judy dotes on her son, chris, who asks her to invest her money in his restaurant, which is faltering. he tells her that if she does not lend him the money she will never see him again. she is afraid of being alone and agrees to his request, but soon changes her mind and asks for her money back. chris claims they have formed a binding contract. what is your conclusion?

Answer 1

The contract may be voidable, because it was formed as a result of undue influence.

Undue influence exists where an agreement has been entered because of weight which misses the mark regarding adding up to coercion, the gathering subject to the weight may have a reason for activity in value to have the agreement put aside on the grounds of undue impact. Undue impact works where there exists a connection between the gatherings which hosts been misused by one get-together to pick up an out of line advantage.