1.1 State whether any contract is made in the following cases: (a) when you invite B to your home for dinner and B accepts your invitation. (b) When you board a public bus (c) When you call a taxi on the telephone. (a) When you put a ten-paise coin in the slot of a weighing machine. (e) When you eat a meal at a restaurant.[Ans.: (a) No (b), (c), (d), (e) Yes] X invites Y to dinner, Y accepts the invitation but fails to turn up. Can X sue ¥ for the damage? te [Ans.: No, because the agreement between Vand Yis not enforceable by law. It is a social agreement and the usual presumption in such agreement is that the parties do not intend to create legal relationship. ] 1.3 X makes a promise to his wife Y to give her pocket money of Rs 1,000 per month. After 6 months, he stops making the payment. Can Y claim damages from V. [Ans.: No, because the agreement between X and Y is not enforceable by law. It is a domestic agreement and the usual presumption in such agreement is that the parties do not intend to create legal relationship.] [Leading case: Balfour v. Balfour] 1.4 X polished Y's shoes without being asked by ¥ to do so. ¥ does not make any attempt to stop X from polishing the shoes. Is Y bound to make payment to X? [Ans.: Yes. because he has accepted .\’s implied offer by conduct (i.e., by not stopping .V from polishing the shoes).]1 is X advertises in a newspaper that he would pay Rs 1,00,000 to anyone who traces his missing son. ¥ traced that boy and claimed the amount of reward, State whether Y is entitled to receive the amount of reward if (a) he did not know about the reward. (b) if he knew about the reward? {Ans.: (a) No, because there can be no valid acceptance without the knowledge of the offer.] [Leading case: Lalman Shukla v.Gauri Dutt) [Ans.: (b) Yes, because }’ has accepted the general offer by tracing the missing son.] [Leading case: Har Bhajan Lal v. Harcharan Lal} Mr. X promises to pay Rs 1,000 per month to Mrs. X but fails to pay the promised amount. Mrs ¥ filed a suit against her husband for breach of this agreement. Will she succeed? [Ans.; No, because it was a domestic agreement and the parties never intended to create any legal relation.] [Leading case: Balfour v. Balfour] X Ltd., was appointed as an agent by ¥ Ltd., by an agreement. One of the clauses of the agreement provided. “This agreement is not entered into as a formal or legal agreement and shall not be subject to legal jurisdiction in the law courts.” Is this agreement a valid contract? [Ans.: No, because there was no intention to create relations.]2.20 offer will remain open till 3 PM, Jan 9, On 6th Jan., A sold the horse to C, B sent his acceptance to 4 before 3 PM on 9th Jan. Has B any right against A? Give reasons. [Ans.: No] ‘A man lost his son. He sent his manager to search for the boy. When he did not hear anything about the whereabouts of the boy, he declared 2 reward of Rs 5,000 to the finder. The manager traced the missing boy. Can he claim the reward? Give reasons in support of your answer. [Ans.: No] A proposes by a letter sent by post to sell his house to B, # accepts the proposal by a letter sent by post. State the legal position regarding revoca- tion of offer and acceptance by 4 and B respectively. ‘A advertised to sell his car. B reached 4°s house and agreed to pay the price demanded, When B took out the cheque book, A refused to sell the car. But B persuaded A that he (B) was a leading businessman and gave at address and a telephone number which the seller A verified in the Telephone Directory and allowed B to take the car against the cheque. / pledged the ear with C and the cheque returned dishonoured being a bo gus one. Can recover the car from C? Give full reasons for your answer [Ans.: Yes, no contract, Ingram v. Little] Ramesh offered his cottage to Jagdish for a cash price of Rs 50,000. Jagdis! accepted the offer, sent Rs 20,000 by cheque and a promissory note fo the balance payable after three months. Is the contract concluded [Ans.: Yes