Cross-Country Trucking Company Contracts with Baldwin to Transport Crated Goods

question 10

Multiple Choice

Cross-Country Trucking Company contracts with Baldwin to transport crated goods to a certain destination for $5,000.Cross-Country delivers the crates,but Baldwin does not pay.Cross-Country learns that the crates contained stolen goods.Cross-Country can

• A)do nothing with respect to the contract.
• B)recover $5,000 from Baldwin.
• C)recover the goods but not the $5,000 from Baldwin.
• D)recover the goods or the $5,000 from Baldwin.

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