 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 was made. Any qualification...  The South Western Reporter - Página 3271906Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Benjamin Lynde Oliver - 1833 - 400 páginas
...to by the party who made it. Mr. Justice Washington, in the course of his opinion, observes, that, until the terms of the agreement have received the assent of both parties, neither is bound. 4 Wheat. 225. It seems, therefore, that the law is not consistently, distinctly and... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1840 - 816 páginas
...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... | |
 | John Duer - 1845 - 822 páginas
...his usual precision. — "It is an undeniable principle, that an offer of a bargain by one persori to another, imposes no obligation upon the former,...negotiation is open and imposes no obligation upon either." He then applies these principles to the facts of the case, and his remarks are added, as affording... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - 1855 - 692 páginas
...have been thus perspicuously laid down by Mr. Justice Washington :* "It is an undeniable principle, that an offer of a bargain by one person to another,...open, and imposes no obligation upon either." In the application of the law as thus generally laid down, it was adjudged by the court, in the case referred... | |
 | Ohio. Superior Court (Cincinnati) - 1872 - 672 páginas
...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...the negotiation is open and imposes no obligation on either." Following this exposition of the law Mr. Parsons, in his work on Contracts, vol. i, 746,... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1873 - 630 páginas
...former, until it is accepted by the latter, according to the terms in which the offer was made," ***** "until the terms of the agreement have received the...negotiation is open and imposes no obligation upon either." Jan'y Term, Donnnlly ft at. r». Parker, B»-ale el al. lS!t In Tuckar vs. Woods, 12 Johnson's Reports,... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Henry Clifford - 1878 - 766 páginas
....the suggested modification of the offer was ever accepted by the defendant ; and the rule is that until the terms of the agreement have received the assent of both parties, the negotiation is open. Taken as made, the offer was never accepted by the plaintiffs ; and there is no evidence whatever to... | |
 | 1885 - 906 páginas
...by the latter in the terms in which the offer is made, and any qualification or departure from the terms invalidates the offer, unless the same be agreed...the negotiation is open and imposes no obligation on either. The party offering to sell or buy has the right to dictate the terms in regard to the time... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims - 1885 - 712 páginas
...should be rebuilt at the expense of the company. Until the terms of the agreement have been received by the assent of both parties, the negotiation is open and imposes no obligation upon either. (Carr v. Dural, 14 Pet., 70; Parsons on Contracts, vol. 1, 47~i ; Hruce v. Parson*, 3 Johns., 534.)... | |
 | 1886 - 822 páginas
...Judge Washington, in delivering the opinion of the court in Gleasomr. Henshaw, 4 Wheat. 228,' said, " until the terms of the agreement have received the...the negotiation is open, and imposes no obligation on either." The inference from this proposition is, that the assent of the parties to the terms of... | |
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