Ben was a property developer. He approached Samantha, an elderly widow, to buy her

house to build apartments in its place. Most of Samantha$$s neighbors over the years

have sold their houses to apartment developers, but Samantha has resisted doing so$.$

Samantha told Ben that she would like to leave her house to her daughter.

Samantha rented out a living space above the garage to a tenant, whose rent payments

were Samantha$$s sole monthly income. Ben caused the tenant to stop paying rent to

Samantha, and Samantha had no recourse to pursue eviction. One evening three months

later, Ben came to Samantha$$s house with two of his attorneys to ask her to sell the

house to him. The following week, Samantha agreed to sell the house to Ben. A

provision of the contract called for Ben to provide for Samantha$$s moving costs, to be

paid two weeks before the close of escrow.

Three weeks before closing, Samantha wrote Ben, saying that she really thought she

ought to keep her house so that her daughter can inherit it one day. Ben called

Samantha and left her a message that he would like Samantha to honor their agreement

and to go into closing.

Samantha wrote Ben back a week before closing and said to him that she would sell the

house to him after all. Ben then paid Samantha her moving costs. Samantha moved out,

Ben paid Samantha the purchase price, and the parties closed escrow.

Samantha subsequently sued Ben, seeking to void the contract. Assume that issues of

unconscionability do not apply.