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A Has a Tom Thomson Painting That He Wishes to Sell.A

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A has a Tom Thomson painting that he wishes to sell.A has heard that B is an art lover and takes very good care of the paintings of Canadian masters.As a result,A decides that he will only contract with B.So he calls B and they make a deal over the telephone.Unfortunately,B's servant C overhears the conversation and before B can get to A's house,C arrives there pretending to be B.A sells the painting to C believing that C is B.Just after C leaves A's house,B shows up and A realizes his error.This situation is a classic example of


A) breach of contract.
B) fraud or deceit.
C) mistake by both parties as to the subject matter of the contract.
D) unilateral mistake as to identity.
E) all of the above

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