Business Law 1080 #2 (chapters 11-19) Ms. Veronica Vaughn went away for the summ
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Business Law 1080 #2 (chapters 11-19) Ms. Veronica Vaughn went away for the summer, Billy Madison, a landscaper, performed landscaping services at her house. He had a contract to landscape her neighbor's house, Eric, but landscaped Veronica's house by mistake. When Veronica returned from vacation, Madison billed her for $5,325, which was a fair price for the work. She refused to pay. Madison claimed that she had a quasi-contractual liability for that amount. Was he correct? Why or why not? 1. 2. Veronica Cormingstone mailed Ron Burgundy an offer with definite and certain terms and that was legal in all respects stating that it was good for 5 days. Two days later, she sent Ron a letter by certified mail (time stamped by the Postal Service at 12:30 p.m.) stating that the original offer was revoked. That evening around 5:30 p.m. Ron e-mailed Veronica accepting the offer. She then immediately phoned him to tell him that she had revoked the offer earlier that afternoon, and he would surely receive it in tomorrow's mail. Was the offer revoked by Veronica? Why or why not? 3. Han Solo had great plans to fly around the galaxy and wanted to purchase a spacecraft. Boba Fett contracted to sell his spacecraft to Han Solo. He intentionally misrepresented to him that the spacecraft did not have any mechanical problems. In fact, the spacecraft had serious defects that rendered the ship unsafe to operate. Han was unaware of these defects and was induced into making the contract due to his reliance on Boba's misrepresentation. Decide. Aaron Rodgers wanted to acquire a franchise for a Let M Roar party store, which was a corporation that maintained a system of chain stores. An agent for Let M Roar, Matt Stafford, informed Aaron that if he would sell his Cheese factory in Pontiac, acquire a certain tract of land in Detroit, and put up $7,500, he would be given a franchise. In reliance on the agent's promise, Aaron sold his business and acquired the land in Detroit, but he was never granted a franchise. He sued Let M Roar, Let M Roar raised the defense that there had been only an assurance that Aaron would receive a franchise, but because there was no promise supported by consideration, there was not any binding contract to give him a franchise. Decide 4.Explanation / Answer
as per policy, only first question will be answered.
Veronica has no liability to pay for the services since they were un-solicitated. She however, cannot deny Billy to recover goods invested in the landscape, provided it doesn't spoil the landscape. Billy has 60 days to undo changes if he wish to do so, but post that Veronica can consider it to be unconditional gift from Billy
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