The questions all relate to the following fact pattern:

Two gentlemen walk into your CPA office and tell you that they wish to start a business. The facts as they relate them to you are as follows:

The two men are brothers named John and Bill Harris. John has developed a secret recipe for beer battered fried walleye nuggets. Bill has lots of money and is interested in starting a business with his brother but has no experience in the restaurant field and no interest in learning. Bill just wants to supply the money and eat nuggets.

John has decided to call the business The Tasty Nugget and has found a place recently vacated by another restaurant at Newport on the Levee. John is willing to do all the work including using his secret recipe, starting the business and running it so long as Bill supplies all the money. They have agreed to split any profits 60/40 in favor of John. They have also agreed that John will handle the day-to-day decisions but both brothers must agree upon all major decisions regarding the business. The brothers having taken a CPA Law course decided that they wish to create a LLC and you have sent them to a very competent attorney. An LLC was created using the name Tasty Nugget, LLC.

Question 1.

The Tasty Nugget is up and running and now John has come to you and wants you to help him draw up an employment contact for the employees of the Tasty Nugget. Specifically, the type of employees that John is concerned about are the cooks, waiters and managers. Please outline the items that you believe a contract for employment for the employees of The Tasty Nugget should contain. Include what individuals would be signing the contact, noting any titles that should be used. You should indicate what authority each of these employees have when acting on behalf of the business. Should all employees sign a contract? Some? None?

Question 2.

The Tasty Nugget is starting to get a cliental and as of July 31, 2017 was starting to show a small profit. Before any monies could be distributed the business hit a snag. Prior to the opening of the restaurant, Bill Harris loaned the business several thousand dollars for equipment and took a purchase money security interest in any equipment that was purchased with that money. John used the money to buy a stove from the now defunct restaurant The Bamboo Club for $500.00.

Bank One had loaned money to The Bamboo Club when it first opened in 2013. The purpose of the loan was to purchase equipment for The Bamboo Club including the stove that now is used to cook mouth-watering walleye nuggets at The Tasty Nugget. The loan to Bank One was never paid off and Bank One has a recorded security interest on the stove. Bank One has come to The Tasty Nugget and wants the stove turned over to them as they claim a superior interest in the collateral.

Bill is asking your opinion as to what you think he should do with the stove. Should he give it to Bank One or not? Explain the priority rules for conflicting security interest and how they apply to this situation. What advise do you give to Bill?

Question 3.

Once the stove issue was resolved the business started to boom. Not only did the restaurant have customers waiting for hours to get a table but also local businesses had started to order larger carry out orders.

One-day Billys Organic Farming Co-op ordered $300.00 worth of nuggets. When the employee of Billys Organic Farming Co-op a summer intern - came to pick up the nuggets there proved to be a problem with payment. The intern only had a check made payable to Billy Bob Thornton, the stage name of Billy Johnson in the amount of $300.00. He had been told by Billy Johnson (the owner of Billys Organic Farming Co-op) to use the check for payment. The check was signed on the back Billy Bob Thornton AKA Billy Johnson.

The manager at the Nugget took the check as payment but asked the intern to sign the check with Pay to the order of the Tasty Nugget. The intern did as he was asked and received the nuggets in return.

The check bounced - a stop payment order had been placed on the check. Billys employees had gotten food poisoning from the nuggets and Billy Johnson refused to pay for what he considered tainted food. To make sure The Tasty Nugget didnt get paid he called the drawer of the check, John Adams and asked him to stop payment. Mr. Adams did as requested.

Is the check a negotiable instrument? Was it properly endorsed? Discuss order and bearer paper issues. Can John Adams be made to pay the check? Who is primarily liable and secondarily liable on the check? Completely discuss all issues presented.