Smith and Roberson’s Business Law
Smith and Roberson’s Business Law
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ISBN: 9781337094757
Author: Richard A. Mann, Barry S. Roberts
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 13, Problem 15CP
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Person B has entered a contract with person F to construct the house. By the time of negotiating the contract and at the time of constructing the house he was certified a s a general contractor. He gets builder’s license from the required state only after completing two-thirds of person B’s house.

To discuss: Whether person F is liable to person B.

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