X sends a letter to Y proposing to sell his house to Y for a certain price. When is the communication of the proposal completed?by Admin Legal Bites 7 Jan 2022 9:55 AM IST
Breach of contract | ‘A’ offered by letter to buy his nephew ‘F’s horse for Rs. 10,000/- adding that "if I hear no more about this I shall consider the horse to be mine at Rs. 10,000/." No answer was returned to this letter… B sold the horse by mistake, A sues F for breach of contract and claims compensation. Decide?by Admin Legal Bites 7 Jan 2022 8:39 AM IST
Effect of Ratification | The defendant made an offer to the Managing Director of a company that having no authority to do so, accepted it. That gave the company an option to ratify the contract. But the company ratified only after the defendant had withdrawn his offer.by Admin Legal Bites 7 Jan 2022 5:38 AM IST
Offer over the telephone | A, a resident of Calcutta made a telephone call from there to B at Delhi and made him an offer for the sale of specified goods. B accepted the offer over the telephone but by then the trunk telephone went dead and A could not hear B. Is the contract complete?by Admin Legal Bites 6 Jan 2022 10:59 AM IST
“Acceptance is to offer what a lighted match is to a train of gunpowder. It produces something, which cannot be recalled or undone. But the powder may have laid till it has become damp or the man who has laid the train may remove it before the match is applied”. Explainby Admin Legal Bites 6 Jan 2022 6:28 AM IST
A wrote to B offering to purchase his car for a particular price and also added that in the event of B not replying to him, A would consider the proposal to have been accepted. B does not reply. Is there a contract? Will B succeed?by Admin Legal Bites 6 Jan 2022 6:20 AM IST
Explain the rules as to the communication of proposal, acceptance, and revocation. When is communication complete? Explain in detailby Admin Legal Bites 5 Jan 2022 11:51 AM IST
A duly posts a letter of acceptance to B. But the letter is lost in transit by the negligence of the post office. What effect, if any, does this have on the formation of the contract?by Admin Legal Bites 5 Jan 2022 11:47 AM IST
Binding Agreement | On April 10, 1990 ‘A’ offered to ‘B’ to sell his car for sixty thousand rupees. ‘B’ was asked to signify his acceptance by April 18, 1990… Has this resulted into a binding agreement between ‘A’ and ‘B’?by Admin Legal Bites 5 Jan 2022 11:42 AM IST
A accepts the proposal of B by a letter and puts it in post. But the letter is lost in post transit. Whether acceptance is communicated? [HJS 1984]by Admin Legal Bites 5 Jan 2022 11:32 AM IST
