Beach & Clarridge Co. v. American Steam Gauge & Valve Manufacturing Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for the alleged breach of an agreement to buy from the plaintiff a parcel of land with the buildings thereon numbered from 208 to 220 on Camden Street in Boston for the price of $100,000, it being alleged that the offer to buy the property was made in writing by the defendant on November 25,1903, and was accepted orally by the plaintiff on that day, and that subsequently the plaintiff confirmed and repeated its acceptance in a letter dated December 1, 1903, copies…
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Contract for the alleged breach of an agreement to buy from the plaintiff a parcel of land with the buildings thereon numbered from 208 to 220 on Camden Street in Boston for the price of $100,000, it being alleged that the offer to buy the property was made in writing by the defendant on November 25,1903, and was accepted orally by the plaintiff on that day, and that subsequently the plaintiff confirmed and repeated its acceptance in a letter dated December 1, 1903, copies of the writings being attached to the declaration as printed below. The first count alleged that the defendant shortly…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The defendant’s written offer of November 25,
1903, and the plaintiff’s acceptance of that offer, made by a vote of its directors and communicated to the defendant on the same day, as the jury might have found, were enough, if sufficiently definite in its terms, to constitute a binding contract between the parties. Metropolitan Coal Co. v. Boutell Transportation Towing Co. 196 Mass. 72, 82. Howe v. Watson, 179 Mass. 30, 39. Lydig v. Braman, 177 Mass. 212, 218. Doherty v. Hill, 144 Mass. 465, 468. Sanborn v. Flagler, 9 Allen, 474. But the offer was also accepted in writing by the plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Hinckley v. Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Taylor v. FinniganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Howe v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Edge Moor Bridge Works v. County of BristolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Bradley v. FullerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
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