Question: On June 1, an uncle whose niece was looking to buy a car wrote a letter to a car dealership, stating that he would guarantee

On June 1, an uncle whose niece was looking to buy a car wrote a letter to a car dealership, stating that he would guarantee payment of the purchase price for any car that it sold to his niece costing less than $10,000. On June 3, after receiving this letter, the dealership sold a $9,500 car to the niece for $2,000 down, with the balance to be paid by the end of the year. The uncle died unexpectedly on June 17. The dealership was unaware of the uncles death when it mailed the uncle a letter on June 19 accepting his offer. The letter also stated that the niece was a good customer in the past and that it had, in fact, planned to extend her credit for the purchase before receiving the uncles letter. In August, the niece was killed and her estate is bankrupt. Can the dealership succeed in an action against the uncles estate for the balance of the price of the car when it becomes due?

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A. Yes, because the dealership reasonably, justifiably, and foreseeably relied on the uncles promise.

B. No, because the dealership would have sold the car to the niece even without the uncles promise.

C. Yes, because the dealership had accepted the uncles offer before the uncle died.

D. No, because the uncle died before the dealership mailed the letter notifying him that it had accepted his offer.

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