Question

Jim, the CEO of Maple Inc., had to sign a few papers that Amanda, his secretary, presented to him. Unknown to Jim, Amanda had carefully slipped in a contract for the sale of Jim's home to her in the papers which he signed. If Amanda seeks to enforce the contract, Jim's best defense to have the contract declared void would be:

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Fraud in the execution

Explanation:

Jim's best option to declare the contract void in court would be to use the legal term 'Fraud in the execution, which constitutes any illegal act that is deliberately conceived to deceive or mislead another person with a negative effect towards that person.

In Jim's case Amanda actions negatively affected him as it involved selling his home to her.

Another example of this situation is when someone with limited vision is deceived into signing a lease of his home with the thought that he is signing a bank document.