Haagen v. Landeis

(dissenting) — Following the lead of the majority, I, too, shall limit my discussion to the Landeis case, and hereinafter shall refer to Mr. and Mrs. Landeis as the respondents. It is undisputed that, on February 29, 1956, respondents signed the written document set forth verbatim in the majority opinion and denominated “Display Advertising Agreement.” On its face, this writing appears to be an offer to purchase advertising space in The National *294Buyers’ Guide, published by the appellants’ predecessors. The writing further contains a recital that the offerer promises to pay the sum of $275.00…