Forrer v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

In Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores, Inc. (1965), 26 Wis. 2d 683, 696, 133 N. W. 2d 267, this court adopted the doctrine embodied in sec. 90 of Restatement, 1 Contracts, p. 110, which states:

“A promise which the promisor should reasonably expect to induce action or forbearance of a definite and substantial character on the part of the promisee and which does induce such action or forbearance is binding if injustice can be avoided only by enforcement of the promise.”

We stated in Hoffman that we chose to use the phrase, “promissory estoppel” to describe this doctrine. It is promissory estoppel upon…