Pamela Was the Agent in Charge of Distribution and Collections

question 20

Essay

Pamela was the agent in charge of distribution and collections for the Coble Dairy Products Cooperative. Thrower operated a grocery store and purchased dairy products from Coble. Pamela made false invoice sheets, showing delivery to Thrower of greater quantities than Thrower actually had ordered or received. Pamela collected from Thrower on the basis of these increased amounts, and then kept for herself the difference between the increased amounts and the amounts that should have been charged. When Thrower learned of this, he sued Coble for the excess payments he had made. Coble denied that Pamela was its agent in making excess collections. Will Thrower win?

Identify the legal repercussions of intoxication and mental impairment on contractual capacity.

Understand the concept of emancipation and its impact on a minor’s capacity to contract.

Comprehend the role of necessaries in contracts with minors.

Grasp the legal age of majority for contracting and its exceptions.

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Definitions:

Dictator Games

A type of experimental game in economics where one player, the "dictator," determines how to split an endowment between themselves and another player, the "recipient."

Ultimatum Games

Represent a scenario in economic experiments where one participant proposes a division of resources, and the other can accept or reject the offer, which, if rejected, leaves both with nothing.

Heuristics

The brain’s low-energy mental shortcuts for making decisions. They are “fast and frugal” and work well in most situations but in other situations result in systematic errors.