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Mailbox Rule Applies To All Mailed Documents

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

Subject distribution

  • Contracts1

Example wrong choices

  • 14391_noble_fir_nativity · CONTRACTS · Choice BNo contract was formed, because Mary's June 11 rejection was effective on dispatch.

    Why it's attractive

    The mailbox rule governs acceptance (dispatch), not rejection (receipt). Mary retrieved the rejection the same hour, so the rejection never reached Paul.

    Why it's wrong

    The mailbox rule governs acceptance (dispatch), not rejection (receipt). Mary retrieved the rejection the same hour, so the rejection never reached Paul.

  • 14391_noble_fir_nativity · CONTRACTS · Choice CNo contract was formed, because Paul's June 10 sale of the firs to another merchant revoked the offer to Mary.

    Why it's attractive

    Revocation of an offer requires receipt of notice by the offeree. The resale to a third party is not, by itself, notice to Mary.

    Why it's wrong

    Revocation of an offer requires receipt of notice by the offeree. The resale to a third party is not, by itself, notice to Mary.

  • 14391_noble_fir_nativity · CONTRACTS · Choice DIf a contract was formed, it is unenforceable because of supervening impracticability.

    Why it's attractive

    This is the dominant trap. The federal PPA quarantine does make performance illegal, but the NCBE's framed key is mutual mistake; the Gold Key resolves the axis.

    Why it's wrong

    This is the dominant trap. The federal PPA quarantine does make performance illegal, but the NCBE's framed key is mutual mistake; the Gold Key resolves the axis.

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