Lord President McNeill discussed the postal rule in the law of contract: ‘By putting the letter of acceptance into the post office, the offeree did just what he had been invited to do, and all that it was incumbent on him or possible for him to do by way of acceptance, by the mode of communication which he was authorised, if not invited by the offeror to adopt.’
Judges:
Lord President McNeill, Lord Deas
Citations:
(1855) 18 D 1
Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Cited by:
Cited – Carmarthen Developments Ltd v Pennington SCS 24-Sep-2008
carmarthen_penningtonSCS2008
Contracts had been entered into for the sale of plots of land, which were conditional on planning permissions being approved by the purchaser. The buyer could waive the conditions to remove the sellers’ rights to resile. The buyer obtained the . .
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Contract
Updated: 04 December 2022; Ref: scu.276446
