Question

A jogger found a stray dog in the park. She took the dog home with her and placed an ad in the paper to try to find the dog's owner. Soon thereafter, the owner of the dog contacted the jogger. He came to the jogger's home and identified the dog as his. He offered to pay the jogger a $200 reward at the end of the week. The jogger thanked the dog owner but turned down the reward. At the end of the week, however, the jogger changed her mind, so she called the dog owner and told him that she would like the reward after all. He refused to pay her, and she sues him for breach of contract. What will the jogger recover?

Answer 1

The jogger will recover nothing.

Step-by-step explanation:

The jogger in the context will gain nothing as her
`\text{finding the lost dog occurred prior to the owner's promise}` for the payment of an amount $200.

The enforceable contract is supported by consideration. It consists of bargained for the exchange between the parties. If somethings has already
`\text{been given or performed before the promise is made}`, then it will not satisfy the bargain requirement as it will not give in exchange for the promise.

In this case, in the exchange it is not given for the promise, so the jogger was not under any legal obligation for returning the lost dog to its rightful owner.

Thus, the jogger incurred a detriment. The jogger was not been inducted to as to act by the owner of the dog to pay the promised amount of $200.