BUL exam notes

Question 1

case 17-3

Answer 1

read

Question 2

contracts subject to statute of Frauds

Answer 2

Marriage
Year or more (time length)
Land
Executor (estate debt)
Goods ($500 or more) 
Surety ship (secondary obligations///An accessory agreement by which a person binds himself for another already bound)

Question 3

excepts to statute of limitations

Answer 3

admissions
partial performance
promissory estoppel
miscellaneous->UCC->customized (specially manufactured)

Question 4

exceptions to parol evidence rule

Answer 4

contacts subsequently modified
contracts conditioned on orally agreed upon terms
contracts that are not final, as they are part written and part oral
contracts with ambiguous terms
incomplete contracts
contracts with obvious typographical errors
void or voidable contract
evidence of prior dealing or usage of trade

Question 5

rights that cant be assigned

Answer 5

personal
rights that would increase obligor’s risks or duties
rights in a contract that forbids assignments
rights whose assignment is prohibited by law or public policy

Question 6

duties that cant be assigned

Answer 6

personal
duties for which performance will vary significantly
duties in contracts that forbid delegation

Question 7

441 chart

Answer 7

type

Question 8

442 chart

Answer 8

type

Question 9

miller vs mills

Answer 9

read

Question 10

discharge by opperation of law

Answer 10

alteration of contract
bankruptcy
rules in statute of limitations
impossibility of performance 
commercial impracticability
frustration of purpose(impossible to perform)