Tina and james have made an offer on a four-bedroom home that will be much more costly than their present mortgage. the day after making the offer, james learns his company is being sold and he will probably lose his job. are tina and james contractually obligated to the offer they have made on the new home?

Helen tells her nephew, bernard, that she will pay him $100 if he will stop smoking for six months. helen was hopeful that if bernard stopped smoking for six months, he would stop altogether. bernard stops smoking for six months but then resumes his smoking. helen will not pay him. she says that the type of promise she made cannot constitute a binding contract and that, furthermore, it was at least implied that he would stop smoking for good. can bernard legally collect $100 from helen