Ursula buys a Verismooth boat from a Watercraft store, which agrees to keep the boat for Ursula until she picks it up. Before Ursula gets the boat, an unforeseen tornado destroys the store and the boat. The loss of the boat is suffered by
A) Ursula.
B) Verismooth.
C) Watercraft.
D) the government agency that failed to foresee the tornado.

Question

Ursula buys a Verismooth boat from a Watercraft store, which agrees to keep the boat for Ursula until she picks it up. Before Ursula gets the boat, an unforeseen tornado destroys the store and the boat. The loss of the boat is suffered by
A) ​Ursula.
B) ​Verismooth.
C) ​Watercraft.
D) the government agency that failed to foresee the tornado.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The Watercraft store is liable for the loss of the boat because it agreed to keep the boat for Ursula until she picked it up. This means that the Watercraft store had a duty to take care of the boat and to return it to Ursula in the same condition in which it was received. The Watercraft store failed to do this, and as a result, Ursula lost her boat.

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