People's Ice & Refrigerating Co. v. Hawaiian Electric Co.

*435Opinion of the Court, by

Erear, J.

This is an appeal from a decree ordering specific performance of an agreement for an exchange of leases. The defense is twofold, first, that there was no contract, and secondly, that the statute of frauds was not complied with.

Whether there was a contract or not depends upon whether the written offer of April 6, 1893, made by the defendant was accepted by the plaintiff. A few days after the receipt of the offer by the plaintiff corporation, its directors held a meeting and voted to accept it. Immediately after the meeting the plaintiff’s manager, according to…