Jake attempts to contract with john on behalf of jerry without jerry's legal authorization. in such a case, jake and john cannot create a valid contract

In such case, Jake and John cannot create a valid contract because one party is not competent.

Explanation:

In this case, Jerry has not provided Jake any legal authorization to contact John on his behalf. This shows us that Jake is not a competent party since he does not understand that authorization is needed and thus the contract will render invalid.

send them to therapy or somthing like that

answer; criterion validity