. Katie mows her own yard to save money. Her neighbor Jonah, however, hires a la
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. Katie mows her own yard to save money. Her neighbor Jonah, however, hires a lawn service to mow his yard. One day, as Katie is looking out of the window, Jonah's lawn service drives up, and the laborers wave at her through the window To her surprise, they begin to mow her yard, not Jonah's yard Katie thinks that is great and keeps her mouth shut while they mow the yard. Later, she gets a bill. She calls the owner of the lawn service and says that she does not have to pay because there was not a contract in place where she agreed to have her yard mowed. The lawn service says that she is liable for the full amount of its contract. Is the lawn service entitled to any recovery from Katie? Why or why not? Kendrick overhears Eric's offer to sell Greg a boat for S1,000. Greg declines the offer, but Kendrick immediately says "I accept." Is Eric obligated to sell the boat to Kendrick, and why or why not? Jun enters into a written contract with Tessa to build her a home to be completed by December 31: for this work, he is to be paid S100,000. After the work has begun, Jun tells Tessa that he had miscalculated and that he needs to hire additional workers in order to have the home done by the due date and that she needs to pay him an extra S10,000. Tessa agrees to pay. Jun finishes the home by December 31 and sends Tessa a bill for S110,000. Tessa pays Jun $100,000, but refuses to pay the extra $10,000. If Jun sues, who will most likely win and why?Explanation / Answer
1.Yes the lawn service is entitled to some recovery from Katie,if not the full contract amount.The reason behind that is: Even though there is no written contract/agreement between Katie and the lawn service,but Katie consumed the service with her full knowledge.She knew the labors did a mistake but still availed of the service,the service was rendered.Had it been the case Katie had no knowledge of the incident then she would not be liable to pay anything but here she had taken/accepted the service hence she would be liable to pay some amount.The recovery amount might not be the full contract amount as the contract price might vary depending on situations but here she will be liable to pay some kind of cost recovery(Lawn service) amount.
2.No Eric is not obliged to sell the boat to kendrick as there is no contract between Eric and Kendrick.The Boat is Eric's property and he is free to sell to anyone he wants if a written contract exists between and Eric and the Buyer.
3.If Jim sues Tessa over that issue,Jim is likely to win because there was an amendment to the existing contract and Tessa agreed to pay that extra amount.As Jim incurred extra cost and finished the job within due date,Tessa is obliged to abide by the new terms that she will pay that extra amount.in Summary,Jim will win because Tessa agreed to the new amendment to the existing contract(of extra money)
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