Fruit Dispatch Co. v. Petropol

1. An offer to purchase which contemplates acceptance by shipment of the goods affords the basis of a binding contract only when the proposal is accepted during the time in which it remains outstanding. Sheffield v. Whitfield, 6 Ga. App. 762 (2), (65 S. E. 807); Sivell v. Hogan, 119 Ga. 167, 172 (46 S. E. 67). In this case the jury were authorized to find, from the evidence, that the defendant’s offer to buy was withdrawn prior to the time that the plaintiff performed any act which would amount to an acceptance on its part.

2. The “uniform conditions governing sales” by the plaintiff as…