1. Is there a breach of contract between both parties, especially if revoked? A contract is very clear and concise, regarding its components and requirements. Hence, it includes an offer, acceptance (by both parties), and consideration. There was an intent by Jenny to buy the car, “I am interested in buying your car”, followed by consideration which shows a reliance on the owner selling it for $23,000. The offeree allegedly ‘agreed’ to this ‘offer’ by his performance for the promise made, “I will take the car off Sometree. I am really excited for you to buy this car”, eventhough Jenny was only ‘interested’. Thus, a clear miscommunication in words is present, not resulting in a binding contract in which Jenny is bound by. This assures that …show more content…
The dialogue between the parties suggests its conditional nature; the fulfilment of said conditions would lead to a binding contract. The nature of a conditional offer is also evident in the Financings Ltd v Stimpson 1962 case, where the Defendant in the case, refused to pay charges against the appellant. Consequently, the plaintiff sued him for breach of purchase agreement. It was held that the Defendants offer was subject to the agreement, that the condition of the car should continue in its undamaged state and that the failure of the condition would deem the contract non-binding. Hence, this case relates with Jenny’s circumstances, in which there is a breach of conditional contract, which should be legally rectified. It is also apparent that the decision of revocation is apparent from one of the parties. Thus, revocation is legal and effective only when it has been communicated to the offeree. Henceforth, the issue is that the owner of the car has not effectively communicated this to the other party, only until after both parties accepted the offer. Therefore, the owner of the red sports car does not have grounds for revocation. Similarly, this was upheld in the Stephenson Jaques & Co. v McLean (1880) case. The judges decided that “McLean was authorised to revoke the offer before Monday concluded, which was not effective until it reached the plaintiffs, Lush J charged the defendant the amount of £1900, which was to be paid to the plaintiff’s”.
Identify the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile.
Accounting to the Statute of Frauds , "if a contract is required to be in writing under the Statute of Frauds but is not, the contract is unenforceable. The parties may voluntarily perform a contract that is unenforceable." (Cheeseman, p158) Actually, they both signed a written agreement that "as is, without any warranties" after the Marge told Joan that she would fix any problems with the drivetrain that arose in the first 1,000 miles. The first 1,000 miles should had been written on the contract in order to become enforceable. Since the promise was made before the negotiation, there might have some change before the agreement was signs such as lower the price. So, Joan would not be honer for the first 1,000 miles warranties in this case as she signed "as is". Now, let's discuss the repair fee, Under UCC Statute of Frauds Section 2-201(1) A section of the Uniform Commercial Code which states that sales contracts for the sale of goods costing $500 or more must be in writing. (Cheeseman, 223) Since the repair fee was under $500 in this case, no writing contract needed to be made. Since the repair fee is in oral agreements that was made later and modify the
-the reasoning: the completed contract was mailed before the attempted revocation was received. There was evidence to support it and a binding contract must stand.
She signed the contract and addends and signed most of the signature lines, but not all of them and crossed off certain provisions she did not agree with. After not hearing from Ms. Norkunas for a week or so, the buyers were notified that she was taking her property off the market. The buyers immediately sued the seller for performance of the letter of intent she signed, which they felt entitled them to the property. During the discovery process, they found out she not only crossed out provision which they would have obliged to, but the fact that she signed the contract; they then sough performance for the contact.
They went ahead to confirm their verbal agreement by paying an amount that partly makes them show desire to purchase the automobile. In return, with mutual understanding the salesman keeps the car and calls them to confirm if the purchase would be completed. A contract that is legally binding does exist here. There are factors in this scenarios that show a legally binding agreement is in existence.
The plaintiff, during the signing of the contract, acted in a fraudulent manner. He took advantage of the defendant’s excitement to offer the product at exorbitant amounts. He did not clearly explain to them what the terms they had agreed to implied. Courts have not shied away from invalidating contracts when it becomes apparent that one party benefitted unfairly at the end of the stipulated term. This position was held in the case of Derby v. Derby. In this case, the court argued that Mrs. Derby had used fraudulent means to ensure that Mr. Derby signed the legal documents that conveyed the property to her. Mrs. Derby had failed to explain to Mr. Derby what the documents represented, and their effect. Also, Mr. Derby had acted on misinformed belief that Mrs. Derby would return home if he (Mr. Derby signed the documents. The court ruled for Mr. Derby. This is a similar situation that the defendants, in this case, find them in. The plaintiff, while presenting the contract to them to sign, failed to explain to them the effect (Roos, 2012). Because the effect brought about gross disparity, the contract qualifies to be termed as being
Most contracts are valid despite the fact that they may be only oral. Dan was knowledgeable that Pat wanted to buy a home, which she was not financially qualified to purchase. Consequently, he offered to purchase the home and sell it to her, when she had the capital to do so. The statement of Don to Pat, “When you come up with the money, I will sell the home to you for $250,000, plus a fair commission to be determined”, and Pat’s search and identification of a suitable home, and Dan’s purchase supports each intent to be bound.
Michael Ferrell, the offeror, liked the offer so he voluntarily accepted the offer from the offeree, which is Elizabeth. The offer is valid because the offeror had serious intention to sell to the offeree, the terms of the offer is reasonable to both parties at that time, and the offer must be communicated to the offeree. And most importantly both parties mutual assent to the same bargain. Both parties agreed the consideration, which is usually is defined as the value given in return for a promise, of the transaction to the very end of the contract to be fulfilled and valid. Elizabeth made a mistake of not knowing the market value of her product. Mistakes can be from both parties or one party, but either way, that does not mean the contract can be avoidable. If Elizabeth made a “mistake of fact”, instead of “mistake of value,” Elizabeth could have obtain back her husband’s Mantle baseball card. In Elizabeth’s defense, she was under emotional distress because she wanted to to cope with the loss of her deceased spouse so she incoherently or coherently taught that to get rid the house of the personal belongings of her lost loved one. It’s possible for Elizabeth to have her thoughts not well-cleared and conscience since losing a loved one can cause extraordinary emotions, in which, Elizabeth was very clear of that. In conclusion, Michael Ferrell can keep the Mantle baseball card, but
This is a case of statutes trumping Common Law. The seller would allege that there was a mistake in the advertisement and that, as advertisements are not offer, no contract was formed. This is a mistake, as the facts demonstrate; New Jersey Vehicle Code § 4251 trumps the common law practices of offers and mistakes.
‘Acceptance is a definite and unqualified assent to an offer, on all of its terms. Any acceptance given conditionally will not result in a legally binding agreement.’
The offer and acceptance model is flawed- only an agreement is necessary. In order to fully comprehend this statement, we must first establish what constitutes and offer and what constitutes acceptance. “An offer is a statement by one party of willingness to enter into a contract on stated terms, provided that these terms are, in turn, accepted by the party to whom the offer is addressed”. Acceptance is “…an unqualified expression of ascent to the terms proposed by the offeror”. The “Offer and acceptance model” is based on the court’s adopt the “mirror image” rule of contractual formation. Applying the definitions stated above, we can take this to mean that there must be a clear and unequivocal offer which must be matched by an equally
The purpose of this discussion essay is to prove that there was a breach of contract, that there was tort liability involved, that there was a guest innkeeper relationship, a possible landlord tenant relationship and bailment involved.
Contractual agreements are supposed to be consensual, and freely entered into by the parties involved. Therefore, ‘before a court enforces a relationship as a contract, the courts must have a reasonably certain basis in fact to justify binding the parties to each other.’ (St. John’s Law Scholarship Repository, no date). Resolution of whether a contract was intended to be legally binding is not determined by what the parties themselves thought or intended. Rather, a more objective stance is taken by the courts. This is known as the objective theory of contract, and essentially enables ‘the courts to look at external evidence (what the parties said and did at the time)’ (Poole, 2006, p. 34), as to objectively indicate the parties’ intentions
Section 12(2) of the act defines a condition as “a stipulation essential to the main purpose of the contract, the breach of which gives rise to a right to treat the contract as repudiated.” Conditions is called an ‘express condition’ when a condition is expressed clearly in writing. A condition is a stipulation essential to the main purpose of the contract. It is very vital to the
Mrs. Turner then sees another property on the market for £250,000. She offers the asking price for this and it is accepted ‘subject to contract.’