Baird v. Pratt
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the United States Court of Appeals in the Indian Territory.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS,'Circuit Judge.
This suit was founded on an instrument of writing executed by plaintiffs in error, who were defendants below, in their firm name of Baird Bros., and claimed by defendants in error, who were plaintiffs below, to be an executory contract for the purchase of merchandise. Defendants contend that the writing is a mere proposition to purchase, which required acceptance by plaintiffs before it became a contract, and that -it was never accepted by them. The case was tried in the United States Court for the Northern District of the Indian Territory and resulted in a judgment in…
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