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Match topics A–D to English decisions 1–4 from the period 1853–1873. Each answer gives the decision…

Taylor concerns supervening impossibility, Hadley concerns remoteness, Hochster concerns early repudiation, and Tinn discusses independently made cross-offers.

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Match topics A–D to English decisions 1–4 from the period 1853–1873. Each answer gives the decision numbers in A–D order.

A. Frustration

B. Special damages and remoteness

C. Anticipatory breach

D. Cross-offers

1. Taylor v. Caldwell

2. Hochster v. De La Tour

3. Tinn v. Hoffmann & Co.

4. Hadley v. Baxendale

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Answer and explanation

Correct answer A

Taylor concerns supervening impossibility, Hadley concerns remoteness, Hochster concerns early repudiation, and Tinn discusses independently made cross-offers.

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Option A

Taylor concerns supervening impossibility, Hadley concerns remoteness, Hochster concerns early repudiation, and Tinn discusses independently made cross-offers.

Option B

Hochster concerns anticipatory breach, whereas Taylor concerns impossibility after the subject matter was destroyed.

Option C

Tinn discusses cross-offers, whereas Taylor concerns impossibility. These do not fit the proposed frustration and anticipatory-breach pairings.

Option D

Taylor matches frustration. Hochster concerns early repudiation, whereas Hadley is the remoteness authority.

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