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Dickinson v. Dodds
In the Court of Appeals, Chancery Division, 1876.
Author: Jim
Facts: D wrote to P that D agrees to sell
land to P for $900 and P has unit Friday 9am to
accept. P found out on Thursday that D planning to
sell land to someone else. P gives written acceptance to D’s
mother-in-law but she forgets to give it to D. D sells land
to someone else.
Issue: Was D bound to wait for P’s
response until 9am Friday?
Holding: No
Rationale: There was no contract between P
and D. D only made an offer and he had the right to sell
land to someone else. P found out about D sale of land to
someone else and then came in with acceptance. Such
acceptance did not form a contract.
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