Charles C. Davis & Co. v. Moultrie Cotton Mills

1. A letter acknowledging the receipt of an order for the purchase of merchandise which contains the statement that “this will have our best attention” does not amount to an acceptance of the offer contained in the order, and there is not thereby created a contract of sale. Manier v. Appling, 112 Ala. 663 (20 So. 978) ; Courtney Shoe Co. v. Curd, 142 Ky. 219 (134 S. W. 146, 38 L. R. A. (N. S.) 903); Van Keuren v. Boomer, 143 App. Div. 785 (128 N. Y. S. 306); National Cash Register Co. v. McCann, 80 Misc. 165 (140 N. Y. S. 916). There is nothing to the contrary in Pitcher v. Lowe, 95 Ga. 423…