Question

Charlie Brown ask his neighbor Lucy to watch his home while he is on vacation and she agrees to do so. While Charlie is away a storm occurs and it tears off a portion of the roof of Charlie's home. Lucy hires a contractor to make a temporary repair to the roof at a cost of 9500. She also think Charlie's home would look better with rose in the front yard instead of the weeping willow tree was uprooted by the storm so she hires Greg the gardener to plant rose for 1500. When Charlie returns, Lucy presents him with a bill of 11000. Will Charlie have to pay any of this bill?

Answer 1

Answer-

Yes, Charlie Brown will have to pay the amount of bill. Charlie asked his neighbor lucy to watch his home while he was on vacation, The roof of his house was torn off due to storm, which is a natural calamity and it was beyond the control of Lucy. As a courtesy, Lucy repaired the roof of the house, but it was not her liability to do so. If the house would have been damaged due to any fault of Lucy, then Charlie could ask for compensation from Lucy. However, it would be difficult to prove the allegation for Charlie, because there was not a written agreement between both of them. So, the ultimate liability to repair any damage to his home was on Charlie. Therefore, he has to pay the bill of repairs done by Lucy on his behalf.