Sara has graduated law school and passed the bar so she is setting up her office.She calls a rug installer and a carpenter to have her office carpeted and to have custom built desk constructed.Her office is oval so the rug will need to be custom cut and fitted and the door is such that normal desks cannot fit through so she needs one made in pieces that would be constructed inside the office.She is also 4' 11" so she wants the desk sized to fit her.Both contracts are for over $500 and are oral.When the workmen arrive with the cut rug and the desk in pieces,she informs them that she has changed her mind,doesn't want what they agreed to provide and won't pay.She has invoked the Statute of Frauds to terminate the contract.If she is sued will she be successful?

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The Answer of Sara has graduated law school and passed the bar so she is setting up her office.She calls a rug installer and a carpenter to have her office carpeted and to have custom built desk constructed.Her office is oval so the rug will need to be custom cut and fitted and the door is such that normal desks cannot fit through so she needs one made in pieces that would be constructed inside the office.She is also 4' 11" so she wants the desk sized to fit her.Both contracts are for over $500 and are oral.When the workmen arrive with the cut rug and the desk in pieces,she informs them that she has changed her mind,doesn't want what they agreed to provide and won't pay.She has invoked the Statute of Frauds to terminate the contract.If she is sued will she be successful?

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