Contracts

Would the following circumstances be legal reason enough to consider a contract void?1. Company 'A' was forced to agree to the terms of the contract under duress. ( a contract we were extorted into giving up our promised discount AND where we agreed to pay them 1% per day if our payment was late which was ridiculous) That duress being: A) Company 'B' International was holding critical pieces to hundreds of sets that already been paid for by Company 'A'. They shipped the items in a way which witheld 1 piece from every set and placed those pieces in the last containers to arrive so that we could not cancel any part of the order since they were already 2 months late with delivery and we had asked for a refund, which was refused. This was a breach of initial our agreement in the first place as Company 'B' promised to only deliver complete sets. B) Company 'A' was already responsible for paying the demurrage of 35,000 whether or not Company 'B' released the goods and that amount was climbing by more than 1300.00 per day. C) The entire situation is based on 4 previous failed contracts wherein Company 'B' failed to deliver the goods on time resulting in massive financial damage to Company 'A'. Company 'B' then failed to give Company 'A' the discount they had promised in previous contracts and the arguing cost Company 'A' nearly 80,000. (2. Company 'B' failed their obligations of the contract by refusing to release the goods as promised on September 10th. A) Instead of releasing as promised, Company 'B' tried to extort Company 'A' into paying 20-30 thousand more than owed during the interim. B) Company 'B' lied several times about releasing the good, then stated they were not releasing the goods unless Company 'A' paid more money than agreed.C) The goods were not released until Company 'A' contacted Company 'B''s bank and sent them copies of all contracts and emails showing Company 'B''s intentions not to release the goods.3.The goods according to the original contract have still not been delivered. Only 1/2 of the items were made as requested. A) The sets were not made as ordered and in some cases are defective.B) The items were sent in non ordered and non matching colors so the items could not be solds as sets as was intended.C) There are missing components to the sets.Company 'A' entered into the contract in good faith, however, unfortunately Company 'B' did not and they further damaged their trustability with us. The promise of future business was diminished with the ongoing attempts at extortion for more money, this after causing Company 'A' to lose $100,000 in business.

When is a bill of sale a bill of sale? We typed up a bill of sale and emailed it to someone who we were going to sell and finance a BBQ trailer. Nothing was signed and they never replied to the email. They claim it is now their trailer! They have threatened to sue if we don't let them come get the trailer immediately. We no longer want to let them have it. Are we okay? The trailer is stuck in a friends yard and we cant get it out until it dries up. The people we are selling it to are demanding it now and have been harassing us to the point that I do not want them to have it!

I was the sole consultant for an out-of-state company and now they no longer need my services but do not have a contact person in this area, and there are several ongoing projects that I was involved in and I am being asked for contact information of this company. They have an unlisted phone number. If I give out this number without the company's permission, are there for me?

I entered into an oral contract with a bar owner to take over a kitchen in his bar to provide food for the customers. The bar owner said he wanted to open on a certain date and I bought equipment and was ready to perform before that time. The bar owner didn't get things done in time, so he put off the time of opening to the last week of December. I changed my holiday schedule and he still had not completed tasks that needed to be accomplished to begin. ie; contacting the health department and so on. Two months from the date he wanted to begin passed and he finally got the health department in and needed further people from their department to come in. They did but I was not called, as I am the only person with food preparation experience. Now the bar owner is going to go with another person for the food. I brought samples of my food, I was told I was his choice and did everything I needed to fulfill my end of our oral contract. His employees knew me, told customers while in my presence the kitchen would be open in 2 weeks, had a sign in his bar proclaiming I was going to take over the food preparation. Many of his customers talked to me about the type of food I was going to prepare. It was well known I was going to do the food. My finacee moved from her home in California to be here in Nevada to help me and get the business started. The bar owner and me made an oral agreement I would be listed as an employee for the first six months and at that time, lease the kitchen area and it would be my business in his bar. The previous food business in his bar did approximately $209,000.00 a year in sales, and I know from my prior experience I could meet or exceed that amount. I'm a two time national award winning pizza chef. Each time we talked people around us knew what was happening, and my finacee was present when the bar owner informed me I was his choice. He said he would get with his lawyer to prepare a contract but never did so. I have my equipment stored in his bar, and in his storage units. I have traveled all over the Carson, Reno area buying items and equipment I needed to perform, rented a trailer to haul equipment he has in his storage. Do I have an actionable suit?

My sister and I own a house together. I want to sell; she doesn't. I filed a petition to partition property. Her lawyer called me for a meeting where he made me an offer that I accepted. He said he would draw up the papers. The next thing I heard was from another attorney making me an offer half of the original offer, with the new attorney denying I was made the original offer. I had a witness at the meeting where the original offer was made and accepted. The question is: was the original offer legally binding once I accepted it?