Question: PLEASE EXPERTS HELP ME SOON!! i need it and i will give better ratings the sooner you answer:)) #8 Smart worked as a pilot for

PLEASE EXPERTS HELP ME SOON!! i need it and i will give better ratings the sooner you answer:))
#8 Smart worked as a pilot for an oil prospector. She received orders to fly the principal's Cessna from Amarillo, Texas, to an oil field located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Smart took a roundabout route, which permitted her to visit friends in Wichita, Kansas, several
hundred miles off the most direct route. During this excursion, she landed at an airport and the Cessna blew a tire. The plane
struck and damaged another plane that was awaiting clearance instructions. Who is responsible for the damages that resulted
from this accident?
a) The oil prospector since a principal is liable for its employees' torts.
b) No one is liable since it was an "act of God."
c) Smart since a principal is not liable for the torts of an agent outside the scope of employment.
d) The principal is liable for the other plane, but the agent must bear the loss of his principal's plane.
#10 Montgomery Reality had written instructions from Durfee to sell her house in Birmingham for $72,000. An agent for Montgomery made a contract with Van Doren, who agreed to purchase the house for $68,000. Durfee refused to deliver the title to Van Doren, claiming that Montgomery did not have authorization to accept a sum of money less than $72,000. Van
Doren has never seen the written authority from Durfee to Montgomery Realty. What are Durfee's rights?
a) Durfee must honor the contract because his agent had apparent authority. However, Durfee can sue his agent for the difference.
b) Durfee must honor the contract because he ratified. However, Durfee loses the right to sue his agent.
c) Durfee can void the contract since Van Doren had never seen the instructions contained in the express contract of agency.
d) Durfee can legitimately sue Van Doren for making an offer below the instructed price of $72,000.
#25 April was on her way to the library when her business law book fell out of her book bag. An hour later, Bill was walking across campus and found the book and took it home with him. Under these circumstances:
a) Bill and April own the book as tenants in common.
b) Bill does not have to return the book to April, even if she asks him to return it to her.
c) The book would be classified as abandoned property.
d) Bill has better rights to the book than anyone else except April.

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