Exam 16: The Writing Requirement and Electronic Records

Any collateral promise falls outside the Statute of Frauds and does not need to be in writing to be enforceable.

Eleanora offers Flossy the amount of an investment in Flossy's start-up business venture if she marries Eleanora's son Glenn. This promise is enforceable

Sonya and Taylor enter into an oral contract that is required to be in writing to be enforceable. Such a contract is normally

Oral evidence of the modification of a contract after its making can be introduced at a trial.

Oral evidence of otherwise clear terms in a contract can be introduced at a trial to contradict those terms.

Larue buys an iPod for $150 and a new laptop for $1,200, and signs a one-year employment contract for a $4,800 monthly salary to start at the beginning of the next month. The Statute of Frauds covers

Whitewater Canyon Adventures, Inc., and Xtra Overstock Company enter into an oral contract for Xtra's sale to Whitewater of five rafts for $2,000 each. Before Whitewater takes posses?sion of the rafts, this contract is enforceable by

Hal's True Hardware Stores and Ideal Tools, Inc., sign a written con?tract for a sale of goods. To be enforceable, this written contract must include

Sea Harvest Fish Company and Temp Refrigerated Storage Company enter into a long-term lease for a warehouse. To be enforceable, the lease must be in writ?ing

In a transaction for the sale of an auto painting facility, Bright Auto Colors Company tells Custom Cars Corporation that the paints and other supplies on-site are in?cluded. The contract says nothing about the supplies on-site, but does state, "This document supersedes all oral promises relating to the sale." Are the supplies part of the sale? Why or why not?

Colette and Dealership Auto Sales Company enter into an oral contract under which Dealership Auto agrees to pro?vide Colette with lifetime employment. This con?tract may be enforceable by

Grain Farms, LLC, and Harvest-to-Market Truck & Transport Company sign a writ?ten con?tract that does not involve a sale of goods. To be enforceable, the writing must include

To be enforceable as a contract, a writing must have been signed by the party who seeks to enforce it.

The writing requirement under the Statute of Frauds means that an agreement must be a formal written contract.

Fact Pattern 16-B1 (Questions B18-B19 apply) Alain and Brie sign a contract for the sale of Alain's Coffee Café to Brie. The parties intend their written contract to be a final statement of most, but not all, of the terms of their agreement-Alain must first buy the building from Developed Commercial Properties, Inc., after which Alain and Brie will negotiate a price. -Refer to Fact Pattern 16-B1. The writing that Alain and Brie signed is

Commercial Decor, Inc., files a suit against Discount Mart Corporation, asking the court to enforce an oral contract between the parties under the doctrine of promissory estoppel. This doctrine applies in

The owners of Ngai Rice Valley Farms, Inc., and Ozuru Markets, Ltd., are citizens of countries that had ratified the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. They enter into a contract for a sale of rice. To be enforceable, this contract

Benito orally promises Carolina that he will buy her modified 1968 Dodge Charger. For this promise to be enforceable under the doctrine of promissory estoppel,

A contract that can, by its own terms, be performed within one year from the day after the contract is formed must be in writing to be enforceable under the Statute of Frauds.

Every state has a statute that stipulates what types of contracts must be in writing.