1. Sammy agreed to sell, and Larry agreed to buy Sammy's car for $4000, payable upon delivery. Sammy delivered and left the car with Larry. However, Larry failed to pay Sammy the $4000. After eight years had passed following the delivery and acceptance of the car by Larry, Sammy sued Larry in state court for failure to pay him the $4000. Based only on the above-stated facts, how would you proceed? Assume the UCC applies and the statute of limitations for oral contracts is two years and for written contracts is four years. Please explain your answer.
2. On May 1, 2020, FIU Realty Inc. mailed a written offer to Stephen Balkaran for the sale of an office building in Hartford. The offer included an express term that would expire on June 30, 2019, if the acceptance was not delivered into the hands of the offeror by the expiration date. On June 30, 2019, at 8:00 a.m., Stephen sent a written acceptance to CCSU via his personal messenger. However, the messenger was not able to deliver the acceptance until July 1, 2019. On July 2, 2019, CCSU contacted Stephen Balkaran, informing him that the acceptance had been delivered one day late. As a result, CCSU refused to honor the acceptance Please advise Stephen of his legal rights.
3. Stephen Balkaran rented an apartment to Dave, an FIU business student for $500 per month. Stephen and Dave signed a one-year lease, to be effective beginning January 1st. 2019 to December 1, 2019.  After three months, Dave decided that he did not like the apartment. He gave Stephen a 30-day written notice, stating that he would vacate the rental unit at the end of the thirty days, which was April 30th. Upon receipt of Dave's notice, Stephen made reasonable efforts to find a new tenant. Nevertheless, the apartment remained vacant from May 1st. through June 30th. Stephen eventually re-rented the apartment beginning July 1st. for one year. Stephen sues Dave in small claims court. What is the likely outcome?
4. Please remember the elements of a contract, Offer, Acceptance, Legality, Meetings of the minds, Consideration, etc.

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