For the Legal Case Study, you are asked to draw conclusions about whether a cour
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Question
For the Legal Case Study, you are asked to draw conclusions about whether a court will accept a set of arguments between several different parties. To complete this task, you will need to analyze the facts below, identify the issues presented, and research those issues drawing conclusions based on your research. Should follow this format
Facts – This section should be a summary of the facts given in the case study. You should essentially summarize and rewrite the facts using your own words.
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II.Issues – This section will identify the issues in the case (there is more than one). Make sure to identify each of the issues in a question (interrogatory) format. For example, “Should XYZ Company be bound by the contract made by its employee, John Smith, where Smith had apparent authority to make the contract?”
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III.Rule(s) – This section will state the legal rule under which you are making your decision. You will need to cite all references from which you are getting your law. This is a research project, so you need to be using references other than your book.
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IV.Application– This is the section where you analyze the facts of the case along with the rules that you researched. You may find that your facts differ from the facts of other cases (articles) you have read. You will need to compare and contrast the information you have found to determine which cases are more like yours. Once you have reviewed the different cases/articles and found which ones are similar to yours, you can determine how you think a judge would decide your case.
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V.Conclusion – This section includes the conclusions you have drawn based on your analysis in the application section. i.e., state which party you think would win the issue
Sam and John are best friends in their senior year of high school. Sam is 18 and John is 17. They decide that they should operate a lawn care service for the summer in order to help pay their college tuition costs.
Sam and John send out flyers to all the people in their neighborhood offering to cut their grass for $20 a week. Immediately, the Smiths call Sam to set up a service. Sam draws up a contract to complete the mowing at the Smiths’ house once a week through September 15. Sam and the Smiths then both sign the contract. The Johnsons also see the advantages of a lawn service, and John and the Johnsons sign the same contract that Sam had drafted for the Smiths. As the lawn service business is taking off, John purchases a new lawn mower on credit from Mower Supply, Inc., in May.
Sam and John work really hard at their new business and soon acquire more and more customers. They set up a schedule which requires them to work long hours, but they are able to complete all of their jobs and overall the customers seem happy with their service. Unfortunately, the Johnsons lose their jobs in July and are no longer able to pay Sam and John for the lawn service. Sam and John contend they have a contract and continue to cut the Johnsons lawn weekly.
By the end of the summer Sam and John are exhausted from the long hours they have been working. On one such day, Sam leaves his lawn mower running at the Smiths while he leaves to get a drink of water. A neighborhood boy comes over and pushes the lawn mower across the Smiths flower bed and through their screened in porch causing damage to the flowerbed, and breaking the screen to the porch.
John is so mad when he sees what happened he punches Sam. Sam and John decide they can no longer work together and call off the lawn service business. John stops making payments on the mower, and tells Mower Supply, Inc., that he made a mistake and has no intention of paying the rest of the amount owed. Sam wants to continue servicing the clients but without a lawn mower is unable to do so.
Make sure to address each question in your case study:
1.How many arguments can you find to assist Sam, John, the Smiths, the Johnsons, and Mower Supply Inc.? Remember that Sam, John, the Smiths, the Johnsons, and Mower Supply Inc., have different interests.
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2.Do you think that a court would accept any of their arguments?
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3.How would you rule?
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4.You must support your answer with your research. Frame your response as indicated under the Project Overview section..
Explanation / Answer
Facts: In order to meet the expenses of Sam and John both friends choose to operate a lawn care services giving the offer for $20 a week. Here in this case, Sam make a contact with Smith and John make a contact with Johnson . Having an increment in business John purchases a lawn mower from MS Inc. on credit. Later on John lose his job and are not able to pay for the service of Sam and Johnson. Due to this, Sam and John decide to call off the lawn services. Now John stops paying the amount he is owed towards the MS Inc. But Sam wants to still continue with this service but without the lawn over it is not possible.
Problem :
Rules and Contract :
There are two contracts: - Verbal and Legal contracts.
Both friends are within verbal contract which is valid. Hence both of them have equal rights on business because both have decided to break the contract and as a result they cannot sue against each other.
MS Inc. can sue against John because John was not able to pay the amount to him.
Yes, Sam could continue with the service by making payment of debt amount to MS Inc. and as a result he would be sole owner of the business and can use lawn mower.