Question
andra and Rhonda are the only shareholders of GTA Car-Rental Ltd. (GTA) which is a corporation. Sandra and Rhonda each hold 50% of the common
andra and Rhonda are the only shareholders of
GTA Car-Rental Ltd. ("GTA") which is a corporation. Sandra and Rhonda each hold 50% of the common shares and are the sole directors and officers of the corporation. GTA rents cars mainly to students.
Champion
's
Car Dealership
Ltd.
("
Champion
's
")
sells cars. Sandra, on behalf of GTA,
purchased 10
cars from
Champion's
for $200,000.
GTA paid the
d
own payment
of $50,000
but had to agree to pay the balance of the
purchase price
with interest in monthly payments
over 48 months.
GTA and Champion entered into the purchase and financing contract.
Sandra sign
ed the contract on behalf of GTA.
GTA
made the mon
thly payments
to Champion
for the first 6 months
. However, with the
popularity of
Uber and Lyft, students
leased fewer and fewer cars
from GTA.
By the 7
th
month
GTA
ran out of money and could not make any more monthly payments to Champion.
GTA
has no
in
come and very few assets, and certainly not enough to cover all of GTA's debts.
Champion
's
realizes
that if it sues
GTA
for breach of contract
(i.e. unpaid loan)
it will not
recover
enough money to pay the outstanding debt.
But S
andra has
very
significant assets
that will be
more than sufficient to pay the remaining debt
. Sandra is a majority shareholder
, and a director
and officer of GTA
.
She also
negotiated and
signed the contract on behalf of
GTA
.
As a result,
Champion's wants to sue Sandra
for breach of contract.
Will Champion
's
be successful in suing
Sandra for
GTA Car
-
Rental Ltd.'s
breach of the
contract?
Yes or No
.
Explain
and support
your answer by: (a) stating the legal issue(s);
(b) stating the law / legal test; and (c) applying the law to the facts
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