Question

When maria comes home from work, she finds that her yard has been mowed and trimmed. an hour later, a man comes to her door to collect payment for the yard work. maria refuses to pay him because she has never seen him before nor had she hired him to do the work. which of the following is accurate?
a. this is an implied, unilateral contract, so she must pay.
b. maria has received unjust enrichment so a quasi contract is formed, so she must pay.
c. the court would make maria pay the reasonable cost of the work to be fair to both parties.
d. maria would not have to pay anything.

Answer 1

Answer:

d. maria would not have to pay anything.

Explanation:

In this scenario Maria did not form a contract with the man to cut her lawn and had not even met him before. So there is no contract formed voluntarily, neither is it an implied contract.

Maria was enriched in this process because she will benefit from the cutting of the lawn. She was however not unjustly enriched because the man was not unduly influenced to carry out the task.

Maria can however pay the man after the fact at her discretion.