In Raffles V

question 47

Multiple Choice

In Raffles v.Wichelhaus,the court refused to enforce the contract for a boatload of cotton,shipped to but refused by Wichelhaus,because:

• A) the parties made a mutual mistake with regard to which ship named Peerless the cotton was to be shipped on and the two ships sailed in different months
• B) the parties made a mutual mistake with regard to the quality of the cotton as each ship carried different grades of cotton
• C) despite there being two ships named Peerless sailing on different dates, the contract was oral and violated the statute of frauds
• D) Raffles knew that there were two ships named Peerless but failed to notify Wichelhaus constituting a fraudulent misrepresentation due to the withholding of a material fact

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