1. An industrial bakery agrees to supply one hundred thousand loaves of bread monthly to a major Canadian grocery chain at a price of $1.00 per loaf. Before deliveries begin, the baker rethinks the deal, feeling it should have charged more. On review, it discovers that the contract recites “one hundred” loaves of bread monthly at $1.00 per loaf. What recourse will the grocery chain have if the bakery refuses to honour its price beyond 100 loaves?
2. Eric, at age 80, owns a large property of about 100 forested acres, half of which is covered with walnut and butternut trees he had planted as a boy. Eric is approached by a real-estate agent who tells him he has a client who is looking for land with trees where a new house can be built. Eric severs the treed half of his property and sells it, and the new owner builds a family home. In talking with his new neighbour, Eric discovers to his horror that the buyer is the owner of a custom sawmill, and intends to cut down all of the hardwood trees for furniture and veneer. Does Eric have any recourse?