 It is an undeniable principle of the law of contracts that an offer of a bargain by one person to another imposes no obligation upon the former until it is accepted by the latter, according to the terms in which the offer is made.  The Southwestern Reporter - Page 3051906Full view - About this book
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - 816 pages
...imposes no obligation upon the former, unless it is accepted by the latter according to the terms on which the offer was made. Any qualification of, or...invalidates the offer, unless the same be agreed to by the party who made it. ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. This cause was argued by... | |
 | Benjamin Lynde Oliver - 1833 - 400 pages
...obligation upon the former, unless it is accepted by the latter according to the terms on which the offer is made. Any qualification of, or departure from those...invalidates the offer, unless the same be agreed to by the party who made it. Mr. Justice Washington, in the course of his opinion, observes, that, until the... | |
 | Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - 1836 - 736 pages
...Lord Chancellor. (39) An offer of a bargain, by one person to another, imposes no obligation on the former, until it is accepted by the latter, according to the terms of the offer. Any qualification of those terms invalidates the offer, without the assent of him who... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1840 - 816 pages
...Mactier's adm'ors vs. Frith, ibid. 103.) In Eliason vs. Henshaw, (4 Wheaton's Rep. 228,) it is said, that " until the terms of the agreement have received the...the negotiation is open, and imposes no obligation on either." So, in the Circuit court of the United States for Pennsylvania, it was held, that contracts... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Chancery - 1847 - 732 pages
...the court, said that the offer of a bargain by one person to another, imposes no obligation upon the former until it is accepted by the latter according to the terms in which it was made. Any qualification ot departure from those terms, invalidates the offer, unless the same... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1855 - 774 pages
...the offer must have been accepted on the terms in which it was made. 10 Ves. 438 ; 2 C. & P. 553. 4. Any qualification of, or departure from those "terms,...invalidates the offer, unless the same be agreed to by the party who made it. 4 Wheat. R. 225 ; 3 John. R. 534 ; 7 John. 470 ; 6 Wend. 103. 5. When the offer... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1859 - 928 pages
...law of contracts that an offer of a bargain by one person to another imposes no obligation upon the former, until it is accepted by the latter according to the terms in which the offer was made." Now, if no obligation is imposed it would seem to follow that the party making the offer has the right... | |
 | Richard Peters - 1860 - 836 pages
...433. 40. An offer of a bargain by one person to another, imposes no obligation on the former, unless it is accepted by the latter, according to the terms in which the offer is made. A qualification of, or departure from these terms, invalidates the offer, unless the same... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1868 - 700 pages
...law of contracts that an offer of a bargain by one person to another imposes no obligation upon the former, until it is accepted by the latter according to the terms in which the offer was made." Now, if no obligation was imposed it would seem to follow that the party making the offer has the right... | |
 | Ohio. Superior Court (Cincinnati) - 1872 - 672 pages
...law of contracts, that the offer of a bargain by one person to another imposes no obligation on the former until it is accepted by the latter according to the terms in which the offer is made; any qualification of or departure from those terms invalidates the offer unless the same be... | |
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