The Darjeeling Tea Company hired Hans Rooibos, an artist and carpenter, to produce and deliver 10 tea
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The Darjeeling Tea Company hired Hans Rooibos, an artist and carpenter, to produce and deliver 10 tea chests ornately carved from teakwood. The tea chests were intended to decorate the company's various offices around the world. The parties' contract was very detailed in terms of expectations. Amongst the many obligations that Rooibos undertook was a promise to complete the tea chests with varnish finish. The total price was $25 000. Rooibos worked long and hard on the project. As the delivery date drew near, however, he realized that he would not have time to both finish the tea chests for the Darjeeling Tea Company and begin a new contract for another customer. Rooibos therefore delivered the 10 chests to the company without varnish. The company now points to the contract, insists that Rooibos is in breach, and refuses to pay any part of the price. It does so even though it is using the tea chests, as intended, in its various offices. The chests were put to use after Earl Grey, another craftsperson, was hired to varnish them. Somewhat curiously, given its tight-fisted attitude toward Rooibos, the company paid Grey $2500 for a job that normally would cost only $500. The company has not explained that extravagance. How much money, if any, is Rooibos entitled to receive from the Darjeeling Tea Company?
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Managing the Law The Legal Aspects of Doing Business
ISBN: 978-0133847154
5th edition
Authors: Mitchell McInnes, Ian R. Kerr, J. Anthony VanDuzer