please answer only Question 9 by first identifying ISSUE, RULE, APPLICATION AND CONCLUSION

TO THOTECTETUR tendered the resignation. The San Benito superinten dent of schools, the only official authorized to accept resignations on behalf of the school district, received Cantu's resignation on Monday, August 20. The superintendent wrote a letter accepting Cantu's resig. nation the same day and deposited the letter, properly stamped and addressed in the mail at approximately 5:15 PM that afternoon. At about 8:00 AM the next morning. August 21. Cantu hand-delivered to the superintendent's office a letter withdrawing her res- ignation. This letter contained a San Benito return ad- dress. In response, the superintendent hand-delivered that same day a copy of his letter mailed the previous day to inform Cantu that her resignation had been ac- cepted and could not be withdrawn. The dispute was taken to the state commissioner of education, who concluded that the school district's refusal to honor Cantu's contract was lawful, because the school district's acceptance of Cantu's resignation was ef- fective when mailed, which resulted in the formation of an agreement to rescind Cantu's employment con- tract. Cantu argued that the mailbox rule should not 9. In 1985. State Farm Mutual frience and an automobile insurance policy on her Jawor Casto also insured a second car, a Porsche, with State Parm. Some time in September or early October 1987. Casto received two renewal notices for her policy on the Jaguar, indicating that the next premium was due on October 10, 1987. State Farm sent a notice of cancel lation on October 1S. indicating that the policy would be canceled on October 29, Casto denied having me ceived this notice. On October 20, Casto placed two checks, one for the Jaguar and one for the Porsche, in two preaddressed envelopes that had been supplied by State Farm. She gave these envelopes to Donald Dick. who mailed them on the same day. The envelope con taining the Porsche payment was timely delivered to State Farm, but State Farm never received the Jaguar payment, and that policy was canceled Casto was involved in an accident on November 20 while driv ing the Jaguar. When she made a claim with State Farm, she learned that the policy had been canceled. After the accident, the envelope containing the Jaguar payment was returned to her stamped, "Returned for Part Three Contracts 370 postage." The envelope did not bear any postage when returned to Casto. Casto brought a declaratory judgment action seeking a declaration that her insur- ance policy was in effect as of the date of the accident Was it? of German heer, and Domanik terminated by Paulaner that same day, since payment had not been received as required by the default no- tice. Domanik contends that placing the payment in the mail constituted payment under the mailbox rule. Is it correct