Law 421 Week 2 Business Law Case

This situation between John and Mark is kind of unique. John signs a contract to sell some of his property to Mark on August 1st, but John delays the date until November 1st and we do not know the reason for Johns delay. This makes Mark must incur additional expenses for his national dog breeding company called Remington Sporting Dog Breeders. Mark must find a suitable alternate location to house his dogs until the new November closing date.
Before I read the chapters this week I looked over this question so I could think about it while reading the chapters, but I began to think about it before I read the chapters. At first I thought that John would have to be liable to pay for Marks expenses because he did not follow through with the contract. I also thought that if John was just a genuine person he would pay for Marks extra expenses to house his dogs for his company because the extra expenses was because of the delay that John caused. I thought that there was more to this situation than we know because it just says that John delayed the closing date,
John did not follow through with his performance that was stated in the contract between himself and Mark. I think that John is liable for Marks extra expenses to house the dogs because he had a breach of contract. In chapter seventeen it talks about tender which is, “a timely offer or expression of wellnesses to pay a debt or perform an obligation.” I think that John should do this because what John did by delaying the closing date of the house made Mark must spend extra money to house his dogs until the new closing date of the