LAWS 3003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Zellers, Contract, Gijsbert Van Tienhoven
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Structure: 3 questions, do 2 of 3. material = until what we stop last class before exam. Each question is worth 25% of final grade. Must be received by the offeree to be valid. Courts rejects the notion that the post office should be the agent between vendor and purchaser. Contract formed either on october 11 or 15. Dickinson v. dodds (bp 95) offer open until friday 9 am dodds offers to sell property to dickinson offoree learns from his agent that the offeror has sold the property to a third party. Thursday evening tries to accept the offer as well as friday morning by both the offoree and his agent. Sold it thursday afternoon to a third party. **the offeree could not accept once he has heard about the sale from his agent. *** there is no contract between both parties. **an offer can be revoked at any time. Father buys a house for daughter and son in law.
