Performance & Breach Flashcards
Big Eggs, Inc. agrees to supply Omelet Express with five hundred eggs. Big Eggs cannot reasonably ask Omelet Express to pick up the eggs at
a. 1:00 P.M. b. 2:00 P.M. c. 3:00 P.M. d. 4:30 A.M.
d. 4:30 A.M.
Sparkling Gem Corporation agrees to sell Jewel Outlets, Inc. (JOI), fifty new diamonds, but the contract does not specify a place of delivery. JOI is expected to pick up the goods. The place of delivery is
a. Sparkling’s place of business. b. JOI’s place of business. c. the Annual Gems and Jewels Convention in New York City. d. the U.S. Postal Service office nearest to JOI’s place of business.
a. Sparkling’s place of business.
Clear Day Company, which is based in Delaware, agrees to sell fifty windows, currently stored in Florida, to Far Vu, Inc., which is based in Hawaii. Absent an agreement to the contrary, the place of deliv¬ery is in
a. California. b. Delaware. c. Florida. d. Hawaii.
c. Florida.
Elegant Carpets, Inc., and Fantastic Floors Stores enter into a contract for a sale of carpeting. Under a shipment contract, the seller must
a. allow the buyer to reject the goods for any reason.
b. deliver the goods to a particular destination.
c. inspect the goods before shipping them.
d. place the goods into the hands of a carrier.
d. place the goods into the hands of a carrier.
Office Suppliers, Inc. and Little Office Shop enter into a contract for a sale of office supplies. Office Suppliers is the seller. Under a shipment contract, the Office Suppliers does not have to
a. obtain and promptly deliver or tender to the buyer any documents necessary to enable the buyer to obtain the goods.
b. deliver the goods to a particular destination.
c. put the goods in the hands of the carrier.
d. promptly notify the buyer when the shipment has been made.
b. deliver the goods to a particular destination.
Pine Mills Corporation and Ur-Choice Lumberyards enter into a contract for a sale of plywood. Under a destination contract, the seller must
a. allow the buyer to reject the goods for any reason.
b. deliver the goods to a particular destination.
c. inspect the goods before tendering their delivery.
d. place the goods into the hands of a carrier.
b. deliver the goods to a particular destination.
Business Rental Corporation (BRC) and Cartage Trucking Company enter into a contract for a lease of ten hydraulic lifts. Under the perfect tender rule, BRC must ship or tender goods to the lessee that
a. approximately conform to all of the details of the contract.
b. entirely conform to the contract except in one or two details.
c. exactly conform to the contract in every detail.
d. substantially conform to the contract in most details.
c. exactly conform to the contract in every detail.
Screen Perfect, Inc., and TV Stores enter into a contract for a sale of high-definition television sets. Screen Perfect ships goods that do not exactly conform to the contract in some details. TV Stores
a. cannot reject the entire shipment.
b. can reject the entire shipment.
c. must accept the entire shipment.
d. must reject the entire shipment.
b. can reject the entire shipment.
Genuine Seed Company and Hillside Farmers Cooperative enter into a contract for a sale of hybrid seeds. Under the perfect tender rule, Genuine Seed must ship or tender seeds to Hillside that
a. approximately conform to all of the details of the contract.
b. entirely conform to the contract except in one or two details.
c. exactly conform to the contract in every detail.
d. substantially conform to the contract in most details.
c. exactly conform to the contract in every detail.
Vehicle Leasing Agency (VLA) and Wander Trucking Company enter into a contract for a lease of eight cargo vans. VLA delivers eight vans, but they are not cargo-sized. Wander
a. cannot reject the entire shipment.
b. can reject the entire shipment.
c. must accept the entire shipment.
d. must reject the entire shipment.
b. can reject the entire shipment.
Kim’s Pony Rides orders ten saddles from Little Horse Saddles, Inc. The sales contract states that if the saddles are defective, Kim’s will allow Little Horse Saddles to repair or replace them instead of rejecting the shipment. When the saddles arrive, they are defective. In this case, the perfect tender rule
a. does not apply.
b. applies to both parties.
c. applies only to Little Horse Saddles.
d. applies only to Kim’s Pony Rides.
a. does not apply.
Food Packaging, Inc., agrees to sell 50,000 6-ounce yogurt containers to Golden Dairy Company. Food can obtain only 20,000 of the 6-ounce contain-ers, but also ships 30,000 more expensive 8-ounce containers for the same price. Under these circumstances, Golden
a. cannot reject delivery, and Food cannot later replace the containers.
b. cannot reject delivery, but Food can later replace the containers.
c. may reject delivery, and notice to Golden of Food’s intent to cure will give Food a reasonable time to replace the containers.
d. may reject delivery, but Food cannot later replace the containers.
c. may reject delivery, and notice to Golden of Food’s intent to cure will give Food a reasonable time to replace the containers.
On January 10, Winchester Pet Supplies orders fifty small dog collars from Quality Collars, Inc. to be delivered by January 15. On January 13, Quality Collars tenders fifty large dog collars. Winchester Pet Supplies rejects the shipment. Quality Collars has
a. no right to cure.
b. until January 15 to cure.
c. until the end of the business day on January 13 to cure.
d. unlimited time to cure.
b. until January 15 to cure.
Levi’s Toy Store orders one hundred board games from Big Board Games Warehouse. When the games are delivered, they are all missing pieces. Levi’s Toy Store rejects the shipment. Big Board Games wants to cure. Big Board Games must
a. promptly notify Levi’s Toy Store of the intent to cure.
b. pay Levi’s Toy store a cure fee.
c. send a truck to pick up the nonconforming goods before the end of the business day.
d. create a new contract with Levi’s Toy Store.
a. promptly notify Levi’s Toy Store of the intent to cure.
Sally’s Sweet Fruits contracts with Fruits to You, Inc. for a delivery of two hundred pounds of strawberries to be delivered by Keep Kool Trucking, a trucking company with refrigerated trucks. On the day of delivery, the refrigeration units on Keep Kool’s trucks are not working. Fruits to You
a. may ship the goods to Sally’s using another trucking company with refrigerated trucks.
b. must refund Sally’s money and cancel the contract.
c. must wait to ship the strawberries until Keep Kool has fixed its trucks.
d. must ship the goods through a different carrier and pay Sally incidental damages.
a. may ship the goods to Sally’s using another trucking company with refrigerated trucks.
Mineral Resource Company contracts to provide several manufacturers with tin. When a cartel of tin-producing countries suddenly embargoes future shipments of tin to Mineral Resource so that it cannot fulfill its contracts, the distributor
a. can substitute some other material for the tin.
b. is excused from the performance of its contracts.
c. is liable for breach of contract.
d. must still supply the tin needs of its customers.
b. is excused from the performance of its contracts.
Beef Burgers, Inc. contracts to buy five hundred steers from Fattening Feedlots. Before Fattening Feedlots can deliver the steers, there is an outbreak of disease in the feedlot, and all the cattle are quarantined. In this case the perfect tender rule
a. applies to both parties.
b. does not apply.
c. applies only to Beef Burgers.
d. applies only to Fattening Feedlots.
b. does not apply.
Mitch and Nadine enter into a contract for a sale of seventy-six specially made motion detectors. When Nadine does not deliver within a reasonable time after the agreed delivery date, Mitch files a suit for breach. Nadine asserts the doctrine of commercial impracticability. This doctrine extends only to problems that are
a. foreseen.
b. preventable.
c. unforeseen.
d. ordinarily assumed by a seller or lessor.
c. unforeseen.
- Silas Paving Co. contracts to buy some construction machinery from Massive Earthmovers, Inc. Before either party performs, Massive sells its assets to Phoenix Equipment Corp. On learning of the sale, Silas is concerned about its contract with Massive. Silas should
a. demand assurances of performance from Massive.
b. consider the contract repudiated and sue Massive for breach.
c. buy the machinery from a different supplier and bill Massive for the price.
d. buy the machinery from a different supplier and bill Phoenix for the price.
a. demand assurances of performance from Massive.
Shane’s Auto Parts orders twenty tires from Tough Tires, Inc. The truck delivering the tires to Shane’s is in an accident and ten of the tires are damaged. Shane’s Auto Parts
a. cannot reject the entire shipment.
b. must still pay for all twenty tires at the original contract price.
c. may inspect the tires and accept the shipment with a reduction in price.
d. must reject the entire shipment.
c. may inspect the tires and accept the shipment with a reduction in price.
Julia orders twelve violins for her music shop from Notable Notes Instrument Manufacturers. The sale is made on credit. Julia orders the violins on May 1, Notable Notes ships the violins on May 2, and Julia receives the violins on May 4. Julia sells all the violins by June 15. Julia’s credit period most likely began on
a. May 1.
b. May 2.
c. May 4.
d. June 15.
b. May 2.
Craft Engineering, Inc., contracts for a sale of technical instruments to Detail Design Company. Before the date on which performance is due, Craft notifies Detail that it will not perform. This is
a. anticipatory repudiation.
b. perfect tender.
c. rejection of performance.
d. revocation of acceptance.
a. anticipatory repudiation.
Sof’ Chair Company contracts to deliver 100 chairs to Stuffy Furnishings Store on May 1 for which Stuffy agrees to pay. Sof’ tells Stuffy on April 15 that delivery will be delayed until June 1. Stuffy may
a. await performance, sue Sof’, or suspend its own performance.
b. only await Sof’s performance for a commercially reasonable time.
c. only sue Sof’ for breach of contract.
d. only suspend its own performance.
a. await performance, sue Sof’, or suspend its own performance.
Loomis Weaving Company contracts to sell sweaters to Style Mart stores. Before the sweat¬ers are delivered, Style Mart indicates that it will not be able to pay. Loomis can resell the goods
a. either after finishing the job (and identifying the goods), or after stopping the job.
b. only after finishing the job and identifying the goods.
c. only if Loomis immediately stops the job.
d. under no circumstances.
a. either after finishing the job (and identifying the goods), or after stopping the job.