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Lorna visited Beaulah, her hair stylist every Friday of her adult life to have her hair fixed. She always paid a week ahead of time to ensure that Beaulah always reserved the time the following week. In between visits, Lorna dies and her family asked Beaulah to come to the funeral home and fix Lorna's hair there. Beaulah refuses. Will Lorna's family be successful in a breach of contract case because Beaulah refuses to fix Lorna's hair after her death?


A) Yes as she made a promise to fix her hair and it does not matter if she is dead or alive.
B) No because the death of one of the parties of the contract makes the contract impossible and thus the parties are discharged.
C) Yes contracts that are created while both parties are alive are enforceable even when one of the parties dies if it is reasonably possible.
D) No because the reasonable person would not want to complete the terms of this contract.

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