Question

In the space below, rewrite the following statement. Your goal is to eliminate all unnecessary words:

At the time when the parties entered into the agreement of purchase and sale it is important to note that neither of them had knowledge of contents of the dresser drawer. Because of the fact that previous to the contract the seller did not own the dresser and the seller’s mother had not had many valuable pieces of jewelry despite having a large income, the seller had made the assumption that the dresser did not contain anything. Due to the fact that the seller had made a statement to the buyer of the fact that his mother did not own any jewelry in the buyer’s thinking, he had no purpose to make any further investigation or inspection of the drawers as he might otherwise have considered making. For these reasons, there was no provision in the contract for an upward modification in the payment to be made by the buyer to the seller in the event that the dresser drawer later proved to be filled with jewels.

Answer 1

Answer: When the parties came to an agreement on the purchase and sale of the property, neither was aware of what was inside the dresser drawer. It is important to note this fact. Since the seller's mother had a large income but few valuable pieces of jewelry prior to the contract, the seller assumed that the dresser did not contain anything. Because the seller told the buyer that his mother did not own any jewelry, the buyer felt he had no reason to investigate or inspect the drawers, as he might have otherwise done. For these reasons, the contract did not provide for an increase in the payment made by the buyer to the seller in the event that the dresser drawer was later found to be filled with jewels.

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