Boyd v. Cox

On the 16th of March, 1858, at New Orleans, defendant made to plaintiff the following proposition :

I will give you your account as it stands on the books, and my note for five *610thousand dollars, at twelve months from date, for all your interest in the concern ; or I will sell to you my interest in the concern, at the same rate, and on the same tonus.”

The plaintiff thereupon stated, “ that the price named was less than he, plaintiff, had expected Cox, the defendant, to offer, and that the offer on the part of Cox to sell, was what plaintiff had not expected, and that he was not prepared…