Sally and Matteo Enter into a Contract in Which Matteo

question 1

Multiple Choice

Sally and Matteo enter into a contract in which Matteo, a professional painter, agrees to paint a picture of a ship and Sally promises to pay $100 to Matteo for the painting. Sally pays Matteo $100 but he delegates the painting job to his next door neighbor. Is Matteo's delegation legally valid?

• A) Yes, because obligations under a contract can always be assigned.
• B) Yes, because the contract was not one for personal services.
• C) No, because obligations under a contract can never be delegated.
• D) No, because the duties under the contract were personal in nature.
• E) No, because it would increase the burden on Sally to pay Felipe instead of Matteo.

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Universal Instantiation

A logical rule that allows for the conclusion that a general statement applies to a specific instance.

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A logical operation that infers the existence of at least one member of a domain that satisfies a given property from a particular case or instance.

Quantifier Negation

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Universal Generalization

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