The Jarvis family owned its land for more than 150 years. The Jarvis family
traditionally farmed the land and for that purpose maintained farm animals. As years
passed, most of the surrounding farms were sold by the owners and the area turned out
to be a close-in suburb of a major city. A zoning ordinance was passed that prohibited
maintaining a barn or farmyard animals on the land. The Jarvis family was advised that
they were unaffected by this ordinance because theirs would be considered a
nonconforming use. The members of the Jarvis family lost interest in farming and sold
off all their animals. Seven (7) years later, a family member desired to raise a few pigs
on the property. Angry neighbors asserted that the family has lost the right to do so.
What is your opinion?
Sylvia Jurgen operates a florist shop. During a particularly busy day, she allowed one of
her employees, Terry Lioni, to use her (Jurgen’s) personal car to assist with deliveries.
Lioni had just obtained his driver’s license. Lioni was involved in an accident that was
his fault. Would Jurgen’s liability insurance pay in this situation?
The social consequences of a contract are important in determining the contract’s
validity.
If an instrument bears a restrictive endorsement, any further transfer or negotiation is
effectively barred.
A bank’s liability to the drawer of a check for wrongfully dishonoring a check is based
largely on contract law.
The normal remedy for breach of contract where the plaintiff has suffered a loss is
compensatory damages.
In general, one may assign rights if that does not cause the obligor’s duties to increase
or change materially.
When a contract to sell identified goods does not specify a place of delivery, but both
parties know that the goods are in a place other than the seller’s place of business, that
other place is the place of delivery.
Officers and directors are not personally responsible for crimes they have committed
when it can be demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that in carrying out such crimes,
they acted on behalf of the corporation.
Recognizing that an ethical dilemma exists is usually far more difficult than resolving
the dilemma once its existence is recognized.
A cooperative consists of a group of two (2) or more independent persons or enterprises
that cooperate for a common objective or function.
Computer programs are subject to patent protection.
Liens on land may be created voluntarily by the owner of land or involuntarily against
the wishes of the owner.
The past performance of the parties under a continuing contract is important in
determining what the contract means.
If an instrument is payable to bearer, it may be negotiated by transfer of possession
alone.