Mookie, a Professional Baseball Player, Negotiated with the Soxville Eagles

question 41

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Mookie, a professional baseball player, negotiated with the Soxville Eagles for a one-year contract. He was given one week to consider the offer and was to sign it by the opening day of the season, one week away. Mookie, in the meantime, was offered a better contract with the Baxton Bulldogs, which he accepted. On opening day, Mookie walked onto the field in the uniform of Baxton. Soxville can sue Mookie for a breach of contract.

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