Question

Cinnful Buns, Inc. entered into a contract with Darius under the terms of which Darius would receive $10,000 if he stole the trade secret recipe from the leading competitor of Cinnful Buns. Darius performed his end of the agreement by delivering the recipe. Cinnful Bunns now refuses to pay Darius for his services. Darius has this option, he ____________.

Answer 1

Answer:

unable to recover , since this is an illegal contract

Explanation:

A contract shall be termed as illegal when the subject matter of such a contract is not legally enforceable or is in violation of laws and relates to performance of any illegal activities which are prohibited by the law.

In the given case, the activity upon which the contract is based i.e stealing trade secrets constitutes an illegal objective. Thus, such a contract is a void contract.

Hence in such a scenario, Darius would not be able to recover the consideration of $10,000 since the contract was void.