Sally agrees to sell Mary her old kitchen appliances for $3,000.Little does Sally know,Mary intends to use the appliances to cook methamphetamine.Mary paid $500 in cash and wrote a check for the remaining amount.The check bounced and Sally sued Mary to recover the remaining money.What is likely the result:

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An agreement such as this one will be legal unless there is a direct connection between the illegal conduct and the agreement in the form of active,intentional participation in or facilitation of the illegal act.Knowledge of the other party's illegal purpose,standing alone,is generally not sufficient to render an agreement illegal.When a person is aware of the other's illegal purpose and actively helps to accomplish that purpose,an otherwise legal agreement-such as a sale of goods-might be labeled illegal.

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