Question $8$

$2\mathrm{.}5pts$

The owner of an engineering design company recruited a young man to work as a design engineer in the business development section of the business for two years. The man agreed to relocate from another state. He started working as soon as he arrived, and due to the pressing volume of work the parties never put the agreement in writing. Three months later, the owner fired the young man. The young man sued for damages, claiming that he had a legal right to the job for two years, unless fired for just cause, which the owner did not have. The owner countered that the alleged agreement was void. Which one of the following legal principles did the trial court most likely cite in support of its ruling that the agreement would be enforced?

The principle of mutual mistake.

The principle of accord and satisfaction.

The principle of promissory estoppel.

The principle of specific performance.