What Was the Result in the Case in the Text

question 63

Multiple Choice

What was the result in the case in the text Lucy v.Zehmer involving whether allegations of joking prevented the formation of the contract involved?

• A) The court ruled that the contract would not be enforced because one of the parties was subjectively joking.
• B) The court ruled that the contract would not be enforced because one of the parties was joking, and a reasonable person should have known that.
• C) The court ruled that the contract would not be enforced because the parties had been drinking although they were not intoxicated.
• D) The court ruled that the agreement would be enforced because under the applicable standard, it was not apparent that joking was involved.
• E) The court ruled that the contract would be enforced because of what the parties verbally said regardless of whether an objective person would have thought joking was involved.

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