Final Memo Preparation: Part 3

Skywalker v Vader’s estate

Skywalker v Vader’s estate

My take on the matter is that Luke Skywalker accepted the terms of the verbal agreement between himself and Darth Vader when he resolved to quit using marijuana and alcohol until the time he could enrol into Jedi University. According to this agreement, he should be able to sue the Vader’s estate to try and gain ownership of the lightsaber that was left with the University chancellor. Several other cases prior to this one have been argued in court successfully grating legal rights to the party who was promised by a deceased relative

Even though their agreement is verbal and without the presence of the third party, several other cases can be used to judge fairly concerning the fate of Vader’s lightsaber in the civil suit. As portrayed in Talbot v. Stemmons from Kentucky, a case between a grandson and their grandmother concerning a verbal promise made between the two individuals (Kronman, Kessler & Gilmore, 2015). The case was settled easily by confirming that the abstinence or by the defendant in this case the grandson by refraining from using intoxicating liquors constituted to sufficient consideration to allow the promise made by the grandmother to be upheld.

In addition to the above ruling, Lindell v. Rokes case which was under the same circumstances as those of use sky walker v Vader’s estate, the ruling came out in favour of the defendant (Williston, 1920). The winning argument argued that the choice made to refrain from the use of tobacco and alcohol should have been well considered as a sufficient consideration to compel the complainant to uphold the agreement as stated in the promissory verbal agreement.