 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Bayly Moore, Joseph Payne - Law reports, digests, etc - 1828 - 864 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....was received, then the plaintiffs ought not to be bonnd till after they had received the notification that the defendants had received their answer and... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 988 pages
...there. 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....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,... | |
 | John Duer - Insurance law - 1845 - 822 pages
...other parties. The court, however, disregarding the authorities cited, said that if such were the law, no contract could ever be completed by the post, for...bound by their offer, when accepted by the plaintiffs, until 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
...defendants had 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,... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Fire insurance - 1855 - 692 pages
...other persons. The Court, however, disregarding the authorities cited, said, that if such were the law, no contract could ever be completed by the post, for...bound by their offer, when accepted by the plaintiffs, until 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...was received, then the plaintiffs ought not to be In mini till after they had received the notification that the defendants had received their answer... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - Consideration (Law) - 1866 - 818 pages
...Cooke «. 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....was received, then the plaintiffs ought not to be botind till after they had received the notification that the defendants had received their answer... | |
 | Judah Philip Benjamin - Sales - 1868 - 748 pages
...not be bound on their side until the plaintiff was bound on his. But the Court said: "If that were so, no contract could ever be completed by the post....were not bound by their offer, when accepted by the plaintiff, till the answer was received, then the plaintiffs ought not to be bound till after they... | |
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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... 
