The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 12, Problem 1BS
Summary Introduction
Case summary: A company, RM sponsored a marathon in which the prize money was
To find: Existence of a contract between company RM and person M.
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