(Court of Common Pleas) An offeror cannot erect a contract between himself and the offeree by the device of stating that unless he hears from the offeree he will consider the offeree bound. He cannot assert that he will regard silence as acceptance: ‘If I hear no more I shall consider the horse mine’ was not effective to create a contract.
Judges:
Willes J, Byles J, Keating J
Citations:
[1862] EWHC QB J35, [1862] EWHC CP J35, [1862] EngR 931, (1862) 11 CB NS 869, (1862) 142 ER 1037
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Torts – Other, Contract
Updated: 06 July 2022; Ref: scu.241590
