Business Law Final custom essay

1. Gregory agreed to buy an unframed oil painting from Callaghan for $489. Later, Gregory asked whether Callaghan would frame the painting at no additional cost. Callaghan agreed. Would Gregory have to provide additional consideration to make Callaghan’s added promise enforceable? Explain.
2. Modern Electronics agreed to manufacture a 9-room direct TV system that included a digital video recorder for Briggs. The design was so unusual that it was unlikely that anyone else would buy it. The contract price for the system was to be $3,500. When the work was finished, Briggs refused to make payment, stating that any sale of goods at that price had to be in writing. Was her argument correct? Why or why not?
3. Ward ordered heavy machinery from a company in Moline, Illinois. The machinery was shipped to Ward, terms f.o.b. Moline. En route to its destination in Los Angeles, the machinery was destroyed when the freight train derailed and caught fire. Ward refused to honor the bill for the machinery. Would he be required to pay for it? Explain.
4. Digital Sales Co. sold Feldman, a consumer, a Blu-ray Disc player, promising that if she did not like the unit after one week she could return it and get her money back. If the unit suffered damage during that week, would the seller have to return Feldman’s money? Why or why not?
5. DiVito Baking Co. ordered 1,000 bushels of Baldwin apples from Groveland Orchards for use in making apple pies. By mistake, Groveland Orchards shipped Macintosh apples, which DiVito could not use. Could DiVito allow the Macintosh apples to rot while it waited for Groveland to correct the error? Explain.
6. Style Rite Furniture Company ordered eight complete bedroom sets from National Furniture Supply Company. When one of the beds was found to be broken, Style Rite rejected not only the broken bed but also the rest of the pieces in that particular set of furniture. Was Style Rite’s rejection legal? Why or why not?
7. Muto ordered a set of illustrated history books from Sterling Publishing Company. Samples shown by the publisher’s representative were on the best grade of paper and were printed in brilliant colors. When the books arrived, Muto was disappointed by the weak coloring and the cheap paper used in production. For what reason did he have a right of action in this situation?
8. Brett worked as a machinist supervisor. Work done in the shop allowed only 0.0001 of an inch tolerance in machine drive shafts for aircraft engines. He bought a micrometer telling the company the specifications needed in this work. A defect in the measuring instrument resulted in the loss of $200,000 in time and materials in the precision work supervised by Brett. Could Brett’s company recover its loss through an action against the seller? Why or why not?