Ptomaine Is a Chef Who Has Opened a New Restaurant

question 36

Essay

Ptomaine is a chef who has opened a new restaurant. He agrees with Bob, a baker, that Bob will deliver 10 dozen hamburger and hotdog buns each morning at 6:00 a.m. as long as he doesn't call to cancel the next morning's delivery by 6:00 p.m. the evening before. This goes on for about ten days when Ptomaine realizes at 10:00 p.m. one evening that he has a surplus of buns. At 6:00 a.m. the next morning he refuses to accept the morning delivery. Discuss, with reference to common law, whether a contract exists.

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