Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in California

Hello,

I guess this would have to do with contract law, but there is no area of this sort to select from this site.Anyway, outside of the fact that my contract says that I am not guaranteed any payment until a certain thing happens, ABOVE the contract says that: if I do not perform the ABOVE ACTIONS, the whole contract agreement is terminated, but BELOW the contract, it states that: If I pay $400 (i did), then I will be entitled 7% when this certain thing happens.

DOES this mean, or could this mean that even if the ABOVE ACTIONS are not performed correctly, as written ABOVE THE CONTRACT, would the BELOW portion of the contract still remain valid? If so, would that be for not only paying the $400, but, just for the simple fact that there are different stipulations written ABOVE AND BELOW the contractual agreement?


Asked on 7/05/11, 5:09 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
George Shers Law Offices of Georges H. Shers

You have given more details, but they are not that helpful. In general, whether the additional language is above or below the printed form language does not matter if it is intended to be part of the contract. If it was added after the parties signed then it might not be binding. That there are different stipulations does not matter, except to perhaps show there is no contract because the agreement is too vague for a meeting of the minds.

I will be out of town for a few days but if you want to e-mail me a copy of the contract I will look at it and tell you whether it is binding and why. You can send it to [email protected]. There will be no charge for the review.

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Answered on 7/05/11, 6:38 pm


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