Questions from Business Law

Q: Drehman Paving & Flooring Co. installed a brick floor at Cumberland

Drehman Paving & Flooring Co. installed a brick floor at Cumberland Farms that its salesman promised would be “just like” another floor Cumberland had installed several years earlier. The bricks in th...

Q: Brian Felley went to the home of Tom and Cheryl Singleton on

Brian Felley went to the home of Tom and Cheryl Singleton on June 8 to look at a used car that the Singletons had advertised for sale in the local paper. The car was a 1991 Ford with 126,000 miles on...

Q: Lafer Enterprises sold Christmas decorations to B. P. Development &

Lafer Enterprises sold Christmas decorations to B. P. Development & Management Corp., the owners and operators of the Osceola Square Mall. The package of decorations was delivered to Osceola Square Ma...

Q: Spaulding & Kimball Co. ordered from Aetna Chemical Co. 75

Spaulding & Kimball Co. ordered from Aetna Chemical Co. 75 cartons of window washers. The buyer received them and sold about a third to its customers but later refused to pay for them, claiming that t...

Q: William Gurtler was president and a board member of Unichem Corp.,

William Gurtler was president and a board member of Unichem Corp., which produced and sold chemical laundry products. While president of Unichem, he encouraged his plant manager to leave to join a riv...

Q: Sara Bostwick hired Christian Oth, Inc., to be her wedding

Sara Bostwick hired Christian Oth, Inc., to be her wedding photographer. The parties’ written contract granted ownership of the copyright in all images created to Oth. Oth posted the wedding photos on...

Q: Economy Forms Corp. sold concrete-forming equipment to Kandy.

Economy Forms Corp. sold concrete-forming equipment to Kandy. After using the equipment for more than six months, Kandy notified Economy that the equipment was inadequate. Economy Forms alleged that K...

Q: In 1992, Donna Smith telephoned Clark, the man- ager

In 1992, Donna Smith telephoned Clark, the man- ager of Penbridge Farms, in response to an advertisement Clark had placed in the July issue of the Emu Finder about the availability for sale of proven...

Q: Roland Staemphfli was employed as the chief financial officer of Honeywell Bull

Roland Staemphfli was employed as the chief financial officer of Honeywell Bull, S.A. (HB), a Swiss computer company operating exclusively in Switzer- land. Staemphfli purportedly arranged financing f...

Q: On January 3, 1991, Central District Alarm (CDA)

On January 3, 1991, Central District Alarm (CDA) and Hal-Tuc entered into a written sales agreement providing that CDA would sell and install new security equipment described on an equipment list atta...