If a contract is not a contract, does it provide a basis for determining what obligations the parties have agreed to?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Farmers & Merchants Trust Co. v. Vanetik, c/w G053689, c/w G053978, c/w G054218, G053688 (Cal. App. 2019):
and for giving an appropriate remedy.' [Citations.] But '[i]f . . . a supposed "contract" does not provide a basis for determining what obligations the parties have agreed to, and hence does not make possible a determination of whether those agreed obligations have been breached, there is no contract.'" (Bustamante v. Intuit, Inc., supra, 141 Cal.App.4th at p. 209.)
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