WHAT IF THE STORAGE COMPANY HAS A CLAUSE IN THE STORAGE CONTRACT LIMITING ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE?
Many storage companies attempt to limit their responsibility for paying for any damage that might occur to the goods they store for consumers. A contract is promissory in nature and the result of a bargain, an exchange of equivalents. An enforceable bilateral agreement requires an offer, an acceptance, consideration, and a meeting of the minds upon all the essential terms of the agreement. To have a valid contract, there must be a meeting of the minds, as a contract does not come into being unless the parties agree to the same terms. Thus, an enforceable contract only results from the parties agreeing upon essential terms and expressing the intention to be bound by those terms and where the parties do not agree to one or more essential terms, the agreement is very likely unenforceable. Indeed, the essential element to the valid consummation of a contract is a meeting of the minds of the contracting parties. Thus, doubt or difference is incompatible with agreement. If a storage companys
