Adams v Lindsell [1818] PDF

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Case brief: Adams v Lindsell [1818] a) Facts (name of the case and its parties, what happened factually and procedurally, and the judgment) The defendants sent a letter to the plaintiffs offering to sell their wool to them. The letter was misdirected and delayed and therefore took longer to reach the plaintiffs than expected. The plaintiffs then received the letter and wrote back to the defendant’s to say that they accepted their offer but by the time the defendant’s received the acceptance they had already sold their wool to another manufacturer. (b) Issues (what is in dispute) Whether the defendants were bound in a contract to the plaintiffs and therefore are liable for damages? (c) Holding (the applied rule of law) Defendants won Defendants had retracted their offer before a contract was concluded. (d) Rationale (reasons for the holding) A contract was only t be concluded when the defendants received the acceptance or sent back a notification of their acceptance. The defendants had retracted their offer by this time and os no contract was concluded....