In Which of the Following Instances Would the Court Most

question 103

Multiple Choice

In which of the following instances would the court most likely hold the contract to be void on the basis of a mistake?

• A) Barry and Mary contracted for the sale and purchase of a boat for the price of $1200. When the contract was written up the price was incorrectly stated as $1700.
• B) Two parties contracted for a shipload of fish, but unknown to both parties, at the time of the contract the ship had sunk and the fish had been lost.
• C) Carson and Leno had a serious misunderstanding about a term in the contract; the court found that the more reasonable interpretation was that of Leno.
• D) Sarah bought three rolls of wallpaper, but found she had made a mistake; two would have been sufficient.
• E) Although the seller said nothing to the buyer about the characteristics of the answering machine, the buyer bought it, thinking that it would tell him the date and time of the call. Later, he learned that it did not perform that function.

---

Definitions:

Amyloid Plaques

Accumulations of misfolded proteins, mainly found in the brain tissues, associated with numerous neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's

A degenerative brain disorder that leads to progressive memory loss, impaired cognitive functions, and personality changes; the most common cause of dementia.

pK Value

A quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution, defined as the negative log of the acid dissociation constant (Ka).

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

A type of chemical reaction where an aromatic ring undergoes substitution, with an electrophile replacing a hydrogen atom.