BLS 342 (BLS342)

BLS 342 Lucy v. Zehmer Problem Presented: Lucy and Zehmer met while having drinks in a restaurant. During the course of their conversation, Lucy offered to buy Zehmer’s 450-acre farm for $50,000 cash. Although Zehmer claims that he thought the offer was made in jest, he wrote the following on the back of a pad: “We hereby agree to sell to Lucy the Ferguson Farm complete for $50,000, title satisfactory to buyer.” Zehmer then signed the writing and induced his wife Jane to do the sam...