 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Bayly Moore, Joseph Payne - Law reports, digests, etc - 1828 - 878 pages
...received, there could be no binding contract between the parties, the Court said, " that, if that were so, no contract could ever be completed by the post. For,...bound by their offer, when accepted by the plaintiffs, till the answer was received, then the plaintiffs ought not to be bound till after they had received... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 988 pages
...But the Court (Lord Ellenborough and Justice Abbot, very great judges) said, " That if that were so, no contract could ever be completed by the post. For...were not bound by their offer, when accepted by the plaintiff, till the answer was received, then the plaintiff ought not to be bound till after they had... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Contracts - 1834 - 850 pages
...the contract is completed by tlie acceptance of the offer. They said, that if the law were otherwise, no contract could ever be completed by the post. For if the defendant were not bound by his offer, when accepted by the plaintiff', until the answer was received,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1848 - 730 pages
...retracted their offer by selling the wool to other parties." But the Court said, — " If that were so, no contract could ever be completed by the post ;...bound by their offer, when accepted by the plaintiffs, till the answer •was received, then the plaintiffs ought not to be bound till after they had received... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Gordon - Law reports, digests, etc - 1851 - 1054 pages
...retracted their offer by selling the wool to other persons." But the Court said, " If that was so, no contract could ever be completed by the post, for if the defendant.* were not bound by their offer, when accepted by the plaintiffs, till the answer was received,... | |
 | George Ross - Commercial law - 1855 - 956 pages
...retracted their offer by selling the wool to other persons." But the Court said, " If that were so, no contract could ever be completed by the post. For...bound by their offer when accepted by the plaintiffs till the answer was received, then the plaintiffs ought not to be bound till after they had received... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - Contracts - 1857 - 936 pages
...upon by counsel, but the court said " that if that were so, no contract could ever be completed hy the post. For if the defendants were not bound by their offer when accepted by the plaintiffs, till the answer was received, then the plaintiffs ought not to be In mini till after they had received... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - Consideration (Law) - 1866 - 818 pages
...«. Oxley, 3 TR 653, was there relied upon by counsel, but the court said, " that if that were so, no contract could ever be completed by the post. For...bound by their offer when accepted by the plaintiffs, till the answer was received, then the plaintiffs ought not to be botind till after they had received... | |
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But the Court said that if that were so, no contract could ever be completed by the post. For if the defendants were not bound by their offer when accepted by the plaintiffs till the answer was received, then the plaintiffs ought not to be bound till... 
