Henry recently lost his pet dog Murdock while out of town fo…

Henry recently lost his pet dog Murdock while out of town for the weekend. He quickly prints out lost pet flyers with an image of Murdock and puts them on all public bulletin boards around UF’s campus. Each flyer had a posted reward of $50 for finding Murdock and bringing the dog back to the address on the flyer. Nick was walking down midtown when he came across Murdock lying outside of the Wawa on University Avenue. Nick promptly picks up Murdock and takes him to Henry’s apartment to receive his award. After handing Murdock to Henry, Nick asks for his $50 reward for finding the dog and bringing him to the correct address. Henry refuses to give him his money because he states that a contract had not been created. In this scenario, was a contract created? If so, what kind of offer was made by Henry? 

Sebastian decides to hire Aaron to build an extension onto h…

Sebastian decides to hire Aaron to build an extension onto his house. They enter into a contract on March 1st, and the deadline for completing the extension is May 1st. Given the nature and size of the project, the extension will take at least one week to complete once the work on it has started. The Sebastian-Aaron contract states that “time is of the essence” because Sebastian is having family over from May 2nd to May 12th, and Sebastian needs the extra space for them to stay. Even though the deadline gets closer and closer, Aaron never starts construction. Finally, on April 27th, Sebastian declares Aaron to have breached the contract. Aaron argues that Sebastian cannot declare a breach yet. Who is correct?