Q&A: Can you form a contract where, if you don’t fulfill you obligations, the other party can hang you?

Question by darkyhatur: Can you form a contract where, if you don’t fulfill you obligations, the other party can hang you?
Apparently I recently signed such a contract, and I’m wondering if it can be enforced. I would rather not be hanged.

I live in Montana.
However, though I realize that suicide was a crime at English Common Law, I didn’t find anything in the Montana Code making suicide illegal. Thus, if hanging myself were the performance for which I received valuable consideration, it’s not against the law. Accordingly, the contract would not be unenforceable on it’s face. My only worry is getting some paternalistic judge who comes up with some BS “public policy” excuse for voiding my contract.

BoredLawyer, I now have a reasonable expectation that an attorney-client relationship has been formed between us. Ha! I’ve got you now.

Best answer:

Answer by JM
No. The contract would not be upheld for public policy reasons. (I assume you are talking about actual hanging).

If by “hanging” you mean that the other side can really hurt you financially, depends. In that case, talk to a lawyer.

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