[Painted House] Jamal Had a Contract to Paint Stephanie's House

Multiple Choice

[Painted House] Jamal had a contract to paint Stephanie's house for $800. His contractual obligations included cleaning up any debris. The contract between Jamal and Stephanie did not in any way address assignment. Jamal, who was very busy, assigned the contract to Greg who was interested in making some extra money and had experience painting. Jamal specified that the contract included the duty to paint the house and the right to receive the money. Jamal did not tell Stephanie about the assignment because he did not want any trouble. Greg also did not mention the assignment to Stephanie. In fact, Greg never met Stephanie because he painted her house while she was at work. After Greg did a good job painting the house, Stephanie sent a check to Jamal for $800. Jamal needed the money to pay some bills, so he spent it. He thought he would have money coming in with which to pay Greg, but that did not happen. Greg asked Stephanie for $800 when it was not forthcoming from Jamal. Stephanie refused. Greg said that he was going to sue her. Stephanie called Jamal and told him that he had no right to assign the contract. In addition, there was another problem involving the disposal of debris. Although Greg was a good, competent painter, he forgot and left some old paint cans at Stephanie's house. Stephanie demanded that Jamal come and properly dispose of the paint cans because they could not simply be put in the trash. Jamal refused and told her that she would have to get Greg to dispose of the paint cans because that was his responsibility. Stephanie called Greg who told her that he was busy and that clearing out the paint cans was Jamal's responsibility.
-Which statement is true regarding Jamal's claim that he had no duty to pick up the paint cans?

A) Jamal is correct because he validly delegated that duty to Greg.
B) Jamal is incorrect because the job was for the performance of a personal service, and he had no right to assign either rights or duties under the contract.
C) Jamal is incorrect, but only because the job was for under $1,000.
D) Jamal is correct only because Greg properly painted the house and was, therefore, responsible for ancillary obligations. If Greg had improperly painted the house, Jamal would have still had remaining duties.
E) Jamal is incorrect because his delegation did not affect his obligation to Stephanie. Normal 0 false false false EN-IN X-NONE X-NONE