Question

1. Mary Poppins mows her own yard to save money. Her neighbor Paul George hired a lawn service to mow his yard. One day Mary is looking out the window and sees Paul’s lawn service drive up and begin to mow her yard, not Paul’s. Mary thinks that is great and does not say anything to the lawn service while they mow the yard.The following week, Mary gets a bill from the lawn service. She calls the owner and says that she does not have to pay because there was no contract by which she agreed to have her yard mowed.    Is the lawn service entitled to payment by Mary? Why?

2.      On February 1, 2020, Jimmy Fallon sent an email to Stephen Colbert offering to pay Stephen $10,000 if he wears a Speedo bathing suit on his show. Stephen replied to the email that he accepted. On February 14th, Stephen wore a Speedo bathing suit on his show. On February 15th, Stephen told Jimmy to send him the money but Jimmy refused claiming that an email cannot be a valid contract. Who is right? Why?

Answer 1

1.

In the provided case, Mary's lawn was mistakenly mowed by a serviceman hired by her neighbor. She usually used to mow her lawn on her own. She noticed the serviceman working on her lawn and did not stop. The following week, she was sent a bill from the lawn service. Since Mary had no contract with the lawn service to mow her lawn, she is not entitled to pay any amount to lawn service. Therefore, lawn service is not entitled to receive any payment as there was no contract between lawn service and Mary.

2.

In the provided case, Jimmy sent an email to Stephen asking him to wear a Speedo bathing suit on his show. Stephen accepted the same and wore a Speedo bathing suit on his show. It is a valid contract. a contract sent and accepted on mail is deemed a valid contract. Therefore, Jimmy is entitled to pay Stephen the agreed amount as he has fulfilled the condition stated in an email. Therefore, Stephen is right as email is a valid contract.