Salem Supply Co. sells new and used gardening equipment. Ben Buyer purchased a slightly used riding lawn mower for $1,500. The price was considerably less than that of comparable used mowers. The sale was clearly indicated to be “as is.” Two weeks after Ben purchased the mower, the police arrived at his house with Owen Owner, the true owner of the lawn mower, which had been stolen from his yard, and reclaimed the mower. What recourse, if any, does Ben have?

Because Rita Booke verbally promised to buy Ty Coon's fifth edition of Dostoyevsky's classic novel, War and Peace, for $1,250--which is a reasonable price--Ty Coon then entered into a separate contract to buy a new computer for $1,000. If Rita Booke fails to pay Ty Coon: (Choose all of the correct answers.) Rita Booke will win because Ty Coon did not provide valid consideration Ty Coon could try to use promissory estoppel to make Rita Booke purchase the novel Ty Coon would most likely be able to win under promissory estoppel Ty Coon would have a problem enforcing the contract because of the Statute of Frauds Rita Booke could not enforce the contract because she merely made a promise to purchase the novel

Mary has lost her lamb. On Sunday, she ran an ad in the local paper offering $2000 to anyone who has information that would lead to the return of her lamb. On Monday, as he was leaving his village store on a four day business trip, Noah saw a lamb behind some barrels in the alley behind the store. Since he was late, he scribbled a note with the directionsBut Mary was not home. She wrote a note and stuck it under Mary's door. Mary was despondent about her lamb and spent Tuesday night commiserating with her. Mr Matilda's not returning home until Wednesday morning. Passing by the village store, however, she heard a little bleat and could hardly believe her eyes when she saw her beloved lamb standing in front of her. Nor did she notice that the lamb, hungrier than usual, ate Chili's note that was on the floor as they entered their house on Thursday. John remembered that he had seen a lamb at the village store earlier that week and hurried over to Mary's house, only to find the lamb already…

Nelson took her computer to ABC Computer for repairs. ABC repaired the computer at a cost of $350 and informed Nelson that her computer was ready. Before Nelson came to pick up her computer, ABC was burglarized and Nelson's computer was taken. ABC had a commonly-used alarm system that was operating properly on the night of the burglary, and all the doors and windows were properly secured. Nelson sued ABC for the cost of the computer. ABC denied any liability and counterclaimed for the $350 in repairs. Who will win? HINT: Address the Bailment Issue.Please use the IRAC format Issue: Call of the Question Rule: Rule of Law to be applied to properly answer the question Analysis: Applying the rule of law to the facts of the problem presented Conclusion: Answer to the Issue