contract cases Flashcards
Partridge v Crittenden 1968
Crittenden placed an advertisement ‘offering for sale’ a bird. An advertisements usually an invitation to treat NOT an offer.
Fisher v Bell 1961
display of flick knife in window.
Goods in a shop window are an invitation to to treat
Harvey v Facey 1893
Harvey asked for lowest price of farm, Facey replied.
A request for information and a response to request are NOT an offer.
Routledge v Grant 1828
grant no longer wished to sell his house.
An offer can be revoked at any time, providing revocations communicated to the offeree.
Hyde v Wrench 1840
Wrench offered to sell farm to Hyde. Hyde replied with counter offer which was rejected, Hyde replied by accepting earlier offer.
Once an offer is rejected it cannot be accepted.
Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefiore 1866
Montefiore offered to buy shares at fixed price, was a long delay between offer and acceptance.
An offer ends through lapse of time when a reasonable amount of time has elapsed
Felthouse v Bindley 1863
discussions on buying horse, offeror stated ‘if I here no more I consider the horse mine’
Acceptance cannot be made through silence.
Reveille independent LLC v Anotech international 2016
altercations made to document that amounted to a counter offer, doc remained unsigned but one party did conduct.
A directory method of acceptance by a particular method does not have to be complied with.
Adams v Lindsell 1818
Lindsell asked for reply via post. Adams received it and posted acceptance same day. but their was a delay.
if the postal rules apply, acceptance occurs the moment of posting.
