Pedrick v. First National Bank of Ripon

The demurrer admits the material allegations of the amended complaint.

The bank submits that the amended complaint is defective because it does not plead acceptance of its offer by the plaintiff or that there was consideration for its promise of employment. Plaintiff’s performance of the act which defendant had solicited, as alleged in his amended complaint, was both in consideration of the offer and an acceptance of it. “Where A promises B to pay him a sum of money if he will do a particular act and in consideration thereof, and B does that act, the promise thereupon becomes binding, although…