In Hinson v. N&W Construction, where Hinson submitted the low bid to N&W for plumbing work to be part of a larger construction project by N&W, but then refused to do the work when construction was started by N&W, the court held that:
A) Hinson was liable for the value of the contract because N&W relied on his verbal quote of $92,000
B) Hinson was not liable for the value of the contract because N&W should not have relied on his verbal quote
C) a verbal quote cannot be a promise
D) Hinson was not liable because there was not a contract due to lack of proper acceptance by N&W
E) none of the other choices

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The court held that Hinson was liable because N&W relied on his verbal quote, which constituted a promise that induced reliance, leading to a binding obligation.

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