All Prior Oral Agreements Are Barred
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- Contracts1
Example wrong choices
19921_cedar_reading_alcove_loan · CONTRACTS · Choice AYes, because an agreement modifying a service contract may be made orally.
Why it's attractive
The stem says the oral agreement happened before signing, while modification changes a contract after it exists.
Why it's wrong
The stem says the oral agreement happened before signing, while modification changes a contract after it exists.
19921_cedar_reading_alcove_loan · CONTRACTS · Choice BNo, because Lydia is estopped from denying the validity of the written agreement.
Why it's attractive
The answer adds an estoppel bar the stem never sets up.
Why it's wrong
The answer adds an estoppel bar the stem never sets up.
19921_cedar_reading_alcove_loan · CONTRACTS · Choice CNo, because the loan arrangement was an oral agreement made before the writing and it contradicts the writing's terms.
Why it's attractive
It states the familiar bar but misses that the evidence is offered to show no effective contract.
Why it's wrong
It states the familiar bar but misses that the evidence is offered to show no effective contract.
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