Fact Pattern 14-1

question 37

Multiple Choice

Fact Pattern 14-1
Bella Homes enters into a contract to buy 132 acres from Watershed Holdings to subdivide and sell in fifth-acre lots for Pristine Meadow, a residential development.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 14-1. If Bella breaches the contract, Watershed's remedy would most likely be

• A) a certain ratio of the amount that Bella has in liquidated funds.
• B) a percentage of Bella's unrealized profit.
• C) the difference between the land's contract and market prices.
• D) specific performance.

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