Estes Lumber Co. v. Palmyra Yellow Pine Co.

1. The acceptance of an offer,-not in the terms in which it was made, but upon certain terms and conditions contained in the acceptance, amounts to a counter offer by the offeree; and when the counter offer is accepted by the person making the first offer, there is such a meeting of the minds between the parties as will constitute a contract.

2. Where one person, makes a written communication to another, proposing to purchase from the latter certain lumber, and the person receiving the communication communicates to the person making the offer an acceptance upon certain terms and conditions, a…