Red Stripe Beer Ltd., located in Kingston, Jamaica enters into a sales contract to sell beer to the Manitoba Liquor Board. The contract states the beer will be sold for a price of $4 per 12-bottle case plus transportation and delivery costs. The Manitoba Liquor Board receives 200 cases and an invoice for $800. It writes a cheque for JMD$800 (approximately CDN$400). Red Stripe replied saying the $4 price is in Canadian currency, not Jamaican currency. When a contract does not specify the currency but only contains the $ symbol, the contract

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The contract contains a mutual mistake because both parties had a different understanding of the currency in which the price was to be paid, leading to a misunderstanding about a fundamental term of the contract.