Kreutzer v. Lynch
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Iron county: John II. Paeisi-i, Circuit Judge. The two defendants being owners in common of certain lands in Iron county, of which there was no record title, the defendant Lynch, as a result of certain correspondence, and upon the receipt of $1 as consideration therefor, on May 21, 1902, sent to George P. Taplin, of Wausau, a letter granting an option for thirty days to purchase said lands for $6,000. On the faith of that…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Iron county: John II. Paeisi-i, Circuit Judge. The two defendants being owners in common of certain lands in Iron county, of which there was no record title, the defendant Lynch, as a result of certain correspondence, and upon the receipt of $1 as consideration therefor, on May 21, 1902, sent to George P. Taplin, of Wausau, a letter granting an option for thirty days to purchase said lands for $6,000. On the faith of that option Taplin and the plaintiff, Kreutzer, incurred considerable expense in an inspection of the lands, and on June 13th…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
The pivotal question arises upon the construction of Mr. Kreutzer’& letter of June 17th. Is it a complete and categorical acceptance of the offer of the land at $6,000 ? Or is the last clause to be read as a condition or qualification of the acceptance, so that it attempted to import new terms not specified in the offer ? Of course, the law is well settled and not materially disputed between the parties. An offer must be accepted in its exact terms in order that a contract should arise thereon, and any attempt to impose new conditions or terms in the acceptance, however slight, will…
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