James is in an art gallery when mitch, who has no special art expertise, points to a painting and says,"that artist is so good. that piece will be worth a fortune in a few years! " james buys the painting, which does not turn out to be valuable. james tries to return the painting and recover his purchase price. a court will:
a) order the art gallery to pay james the full purchase price.
b) order mitch to pay james the full purchase price.
c) enforce the contract between james and the art gallery.
d) enforce the contract between james and the art gallery, but order mitch to pay james the full purchase price.

Ahusband who believed that his wife was having an affair with his brother hired an arsonist to burn down the brother's house. they planned for the husband to take his brother to a ballgame so that the arsonist would be able to set the house on fire without detection. after the husband and brother left for the ballgame, however, the arsonist decided to abandon the plan and immediately left town without doing anything further. when the husband returned from the ballgame with the brother, he saw the house still standing and blurted out what was supposed to have happened. the husband and the arsonist were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit arson. at the arsonist's trial, his attorney argued that he was innocent of the conspiracy because he decided not to go ahead with the plan, and nothing criminal had in fact occurred.at common law, how should a jury find the arsonist? a not guilty of conspiracy, because going to a ballgame is not a criminal overt act.b not guilty of conspiracy, because the husband, not the arsonist, committed the overt act.c guilty, because the husband executed his part of the plan.d guilty, because the arsonist agreed to set the brother's house on fire.