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Question

Mr. French operates a green grocery in Papine. He employed Mr. Thomas for the purposes of buying fresh vegetables from a farmer in Black River and transporting them to Papine.

After Mr. Thomas bought the vegetables for $3,000.00 he also bought fifty pounds of chicken because it was "dirt-cheap". The cost of the chicken was $7,000.00. This was billed directly to Mr. French. After making his purchase, he discovered that Jam Green Transport was on strike therefore he had no means of transporting the goods to Papine.

Mr. Thomas took his purchase to a nearby cold storage facility hoping to store them there until he could arrange for transportation. Unfortunately, the cold storage facility was unable to store all the goods. In fact, only one half of the vegetables and chicken could be stored. Mr. Thomas sold the remaining vegetables and chicken to Sparks Motel for less than half the purchase price. Mr.

Thomas told Mr. French that he had paid $5,000.00 for the vegetables and $10,000.00 for the chicken.

Mr. French on hearing the news became adamant and refused to pay for the cost of the storage and the cost of the chicken. He also demanded to know the full price for the vegetables and chicken which were sold to Sparks Motel.

Advise the farmer, Mr. French and Mr. Thomas. please remember to put cases related to the answer and the facts of the cases.