Larry signs a three month’s subscription with Dinner Delivery, a small company that provides meals delivered to your home. Larry prepays $300 for the first
month of service and agrees to pay $300 at the end of each of the following two months. Three weeks into his subscription with Dinner Delivery, Larry is
reassigned to his employer’s corporate headquarters in Chicago, 450 miles away. Before moving,Larry sublets his apartment to his friend Norma Peterson.After
Norma moves into the apartment, she is pleasantly surprised by the regular delivery of hot meals just as she gets home from work. She continues to receive the
meals while Dinner Delivery sends the monthly bill to Larry.Unfortunately, a day after arriving in Chicago, Larry was hit by a city bus while crossing the
street and died instantly.
At the end of the third month, Dinner Delivery discovers that Norma has been living in the apartment and enjoying the meals Dinner Delivery has delivered.
Frustrated by its inability to collect from Larry, Dinner Delivery bills Norma $600 for the two months of meal deliveries. Norma refuses to pay and Dinner
Delivery sues to collect the $600.
- Apply the elements of the offer, acceptance and consideration to determine if Dinner Delivery has a contractual relationship with Norma Peterson that would
allow Dinner Delivery to sue for Norma for breach of contract?
- Describe, in detail, any other legal theories that Dinner Delivery might assert to against Norma collect the $600?