Which of the Following Would Most Likely Result in the Court

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would most likely result in the court finding the contract had been discharged by frustration?

• A) Cooper contracts to deliver ten bushels of ripe tomatoes to Haig's restaurant, and Cooper's tomato crop is destroyed by hail a few days before the delivery date.
• B) McGee contracts to give a lecture at a convention on modern marketing, but the convention was cancelled because of an epidemic.
• C) Moore, a sculptor, was delivering a $15 000 work when he lost control of the car and the work was crushed. He had been drinking heavily and had not bothered to wrap or box the work.
• D) Binks agreed to purchase the business from Kealy, but Binks suffered such great losses in the recent stock market crash that he couldn't afford to go through with it.
• E) McDonald agreed to buy Thornburn's horse, but unknown to both of them, at the time of the contract the horse was dead.

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Definitions:

Limbic System

A complex system of nerves and networks in the brain, involving several areas near the edge of the cortex concerned with instinct and mood. It controls the basic emotions (fear, pleasure, anger) and drives (hunger, sex, dominance, care of offspring).

Brain Plasticity

The ability of the brain to change and adapt as a result of experience, including the forming and reorganizing of synaptic connections.

Myelination of Nerve Fibers

The process of coating the axons of neurons with myelin, a fatty substance that improves the speed and efficiency of electrical impulses along nerve cells.

Brain Weight

Brain weight refers to the mass of the brain, which varies among individuals but is used in various scientific studies to analyze correlations with health, cognitive abilities, and certain medical conditions.