The first class of contracts which are said to be wanting in mutuality, is, as we have seen,1 the contract in which, by the very terms of the agreement, no legal right is to be conferred upon the promisor and no legal right is to be given up by the promisee. Such contracts lack consideration, and can not be enforced.2 Thus a promise to extend the time for the payment of a mortgage;3 a promise by the payee of a note given for pre-existing debt to renew the note when due,4 or to extend the time of payment of a debt;5 or a promise to reduce the rate of interest,6 or to buy land in the name of the promisor for the benefit of the promisee,7 are none of them enforceable if no promise in return, fcr other consideration, exists.

18 Hoffman v. Colgan (Ky.), 74 S. W. 724. (Her husband did not join in the contract, but did join in the deed.) Richards v. Doyle, 36 O. S. 37.

1 See Sec. 569.

2 California. Peek v. Peek, 77 Cal. 106, 11 Am. St. Rep. 244, 1 L R. A. 185, 19 Pac. 227.

Georgia. Swindell v. First National Bank, 121 Ga. 714, 49 S. E. 673.

Illinois. Jackson v. Bloom, 66 111. App. 473.

Kentucky. Steinwender-Stoffregen Coffee Co. v. F. T. Guenther Grocery Co. (Ky.), 80 S. W. 1170, 20 Ky. Law Rep. 270.

Louisiana. Kaplan v. Whitworth, 116 La. 337,40 So. 723.

Massachusetts. Rose v. Bank, 165 Mass. 273, 43 N. E. 93; Houghton v. Granite Co., 171 Mass. 354, 50 N. E. 646.

Missouri. Hicks v. Hamilton, 144 Mo. 495, 66 Am. St. Rep. 431, 46 S. W. 432.

North Carolina. Rankin v. Mitchem, 141 N. Car. 277, 53 S. E. 854.

North Dakota. Weber v. Bader (N. D.), 172 N. W. 72.

Ohio. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Felix, 73 O. S. 46, 75 N. E. 941.

Pennsylvania. Lincoln v. Wright, 23 Pa. St. 76, 62 Am. Dec. 316.

3 Olmstead v. Latimer, 158 N. Y. 313, 43 L. R. A. 685, 53 N. E. 5.

4 Arend v. Smith, 151 N. Y. 502, 45 N. E. 872.

5 Indiana. Davis v. Stout, 126 Ind. 12, 25 N. E. 862.

Maine. Howe v. Klein, 89 Me. 376, 36 Atl. 620.

Maryland. Coleman v. Applegarth, 68 Md. 21, 6 Am. St. Rep. 417, 11 Atl. 284.

Missouri. Bank v. Gay, 114 Mo. 203, 21 S. W. 479; Walz v. Parker, 134 Mo. 458, 35 S. W. 1149.

New York. Arend v. Smith, 151 N. Y. 502, 45 N. E. 872.

6 Harris v. Creveling, 80 Mich. 249, 45 N. W. 85.

7Weber v. Bader (N. D.), 172 N. W. 72.