Use the Fact Situation in Q10 to Answer the Related

Multiple Choice

Use the fact situation in Q10 to answer the related question that follows. The principle of law that arises out of the fact situation above was meant to overcome an earlier principle of law that stated that

A) payment of a lesser sum terminates the contract.
B) a contract does not need consideration at all.
C) a contract is terminated by performance.
D) payment of a lesser sum in satisfaction of a greater sum is no payment at all.
E) none of the above