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Memo To: Senior Attorney From: Shaimah Hoosein Date: [ 10/19/2010 ] Re: New Client Angela Woodside. Angela Woodside visited our firm on December 18th 2007 and played out her scenario for us so that we can help her resolve this dilemma she has been caught up in. After her meeting, you’ve requested that I address the following six (6) issues with my opinion. Please take a moment to review my research. After reading the scenario between Ms. Woodside and Doyle Contractors the following are the conclusions I have come to. 1. Has Doyle Contactors breached its contract with Angela Woodside? Since Doyle Contractors sent a letter to Angela stating that they intend to stop making monthly payments for the land, they have positively …show more content…

Woodside. This happens when both parties are able to perform, but due to circumstantial changes out of their reach, the contract may become null because it’s useless for them to honor the performance of the contract. 5. Ms. Woodside has stated that a farmer has approached her about taking over the mortgage payments for Doyle Contractors and receiving title to the land. Explain the contract principle(s) that would apply to such an arrangement, whether it would need to be in writing and whether you would need approval from Doyle Contractors. The contract principles that would need to be applied would be the basic principles of offer, acceptance and consideration. In this arrangement, Ms. Woodside would have to inform Doyle Contractors of the offer from the farmer, they would then need to consider as well as discuss it with Ms. Woodside to verify it will be a written agreement and once they have all agreed to this decision, an acceptance needs to be in placed in order along with signatures from all three parties to validate the contract. 6. If Ms. Woodside were to permit a farmer to take over Doyle Contractors’ mortgage payments, please draft a contract clause for the agreement between the farmer and Ms. Woodside that would protect Ms. Woodside should the land’s zoning be changed once again. Should Ms. Woodside permit the farmer to take over Doyle Contractors’

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