The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
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Chapter 12, Problem 2IS
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Case summary:A minor person J moves out of her parents’ home and starts living in an apartment by signing one-year lease with KA. After two months the person J moves back to her home as she was unable to pay the rent.
To find: The capacity of KA to enforce the lease against the person J.
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