Opinion ID: 1859809
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Heading: whether frierson received sufficient consideration under the contract

Text: ¶ 10. Frierson asserts that because no money changed hands immediately upon signing the lease, she had the right to rescind her offer to lease her property at any time because Delta Outdoor failed to tender sufficient consideration. This is a most distorted view of the law. All that is needed to constitute valid consideration to support a contract is a benefit to the promisor or a detriment to the promisee. American Olean Tile Co. v. Morton, 247 Miss. 886, 893, 157 So.2d 788, 790 (1963). Frierson promised to allow Delta Outdoor to use her land, and Delta Outdoor promised to compensate her financially for this service. Without question, sufficient consideration existed to form a contract. ¶ 11. Wells, acting on behalf of Delta Outdoor, testified that he attempted to pay Frierson a portion of the amount due under the contract, but was turned away. Frierson and Craft each testified that they could not remember Wells ever attempting to tender a check for payment of the contract price, but in any event, if they refused acceptance of the check, the tender of consideration was insufficient. Strict tender is not necessary under circumstances where the party to whom performance is due refuses to perform on his part, or imposes a request which he has no right to make. Star Chevrolet Co. v. Green by Green, 473 So.2d 157, 162 (Miss. 1985). Wells attempted to tender the agreed upon consideration and was refused. Frierson cannot now say that Wells's failure to tender the consideration invalidates the contract.