The Fourth of July Company agreed to ship a quantity of fireworks to Behan. After Behan pays in full, he learns that state law prohibits this type of sale. Before the fireworks are sent, Behan calls to cancel this contract and to demand his money back. May he recover his money in court? Why or why not?

The correct answer is: No, he may not recover his money in court.

Explanation:

To begin with, due to the fact that this type of purchase is prohibited by law in the state then the even thought that the company agrees to return the money back the court will charge him a quite expensive bill because he broke the law so the money he paid will not be fully recovered indeed. Moreover, the court will state that the buyer must have acted with responsibility and that is that, at the time of buying something the buyer must gather information about it in order to know if it is legal or not, therefore that acting with that responsibility the buyer will not have a defense in order to recover his money.

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