Questions from Business Law


Q: Using a bad check, B purchased a used automobile from a

Using a bad check, B purchased a used automobile from a dealer. B then took the automobile to an auction at which the automobile was sold to a party who had no knowledge of its history. When B’s check...

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Q: Field executed a will. On her death, the will was

Field executed a will. On her death, the will was found in her safe deposit box, but the part of it containing the fifth bequest had been torn from the will. This torn fragment was also found in the b...

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Q: Willis Music Co. advertised a television set at $22.

Willis Music Co. advertised a television set at $22.50 in the Sunday newspaper. Ehrlich ordered a set, but the company refused to deliver it on the grounds that the price in the newspaper ad was a mis...

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Q: Coppola, who collected coins, joined a coin club, First

Coppola, who collected coins, joined a coin club, First Coinvestors, Inc. The club would send coins to its members, who were to pay for them or return them within 10 days. What was the nature of the t...

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Q: Future Tech International, Inc., is a buyer and distributor of

Future Tech International, Inc., is a buyer and distributor of Samsung monitors and other computer products. In 1993, Future Tech determined that brand loyalty was important to customers, and it sough...

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Q: Bakker Brothers of Idaho agreed to buy Charles E. Graff ’

Bakker Brothers of Idaho agreed to buy Charles E. Graff ’ s 1989 onion seed crop. The contract required that the onion seeds have an 85 percent germination rate. Despite careful testing and advice fro...

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Q: R-P Packaging manufactured cellophane wrapping material that was used by

R-P Packaging manufactured cellophane wrapping material that was used by Kern ’ s Bakery in packaging its product. Kern ’ s decided to change its system for packaging cookies from a tied bread bag to...

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Q: Thomas Bell, a minor, went to work in the Pitts

Thomas Bell, a minor, went to work in the Pitts- burgh beauty parlor of Sam Pankas and agreed that when he left the employment, he would not work in or run a beauty parlor business within a 10-mile ra...

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Q: Power & Telephone Supply Company (PTSC) put together a PowerPoint

Power & Telephone Supply Company (PTSC) put together a PowerPoint presentation for Dumont Telephone Company that showed the “ head-end ” system — a new phone system that would provide Dumont ’ s custo...

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Q: Mrs. Downing was fitted for dentures by a dentist, Dr

Mrs. Downing was fitted for dentures by a dentist, Dr. Cook. After she received her dentures, Mrs. Downing began experiencing mouth pain that she attributed to Dr. Cook’s manufacture of dentures that...

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