The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
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Chapter 15, Problem 1IS
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Case summary: Person J enters into a contract with person L of a company MR to fix the roof for person J. Person J pays half price of the contract in advance and refuses to pay the remaining amount for the work done by person L.
To find: The action that person L and company MR can take to claim the outstanding payment.
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