Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one side, which is not binding on either side till it is assented to. But according to what is now contended for, one party would be bound by the offer, and the other not, which can never be allowed. A Treatise on the Law of Sale - Page 587by Mungo Ponton Brown - 1821 - 612 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Comyn - Contracts - 1807 - 646 pages
...is nothing more than an offer on one fide, which is not binding on either fide till it is affented to : but, according to what is now contended for, one party would be bound by the offer and one not, which can never be allowed." The rule was therefore refufed. If goods are fairly fold at a... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Charles Durnford - Law reports, digests, etc - 1817 - 860 pages
...not done here till the defendant had retracted. An auction is not unaptly called locus panilentia:. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one...offer, and the other not, which can never be allowed. Rule refused. («)3JBnrr. 1981. LS 1789. The KING against the Justices of the North Riding Saturday,... | |
| Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - Vendors and purchasers - 1818 - 862 pages
...part of the seller, by knocking down the hammer. An auction is not unaptly called locus pcenitenticc. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one...not binding on either side till it is assented to. If a bidding was binding on the bidder before the hammer is down, he Would be bound by his offer, and... | |
| Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1820 - 880 pages
...agent only of the vender, and the assent of both parties is necessary to make the contract binding. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one side, which is not binding until assented to by the seller, which is signified on his part by knocking down Hie hammer. If the... | |
| Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - Estates (Law) - 1822 - 1028 pages
...part of the seller, by knocking down the hammer. An auction is not unaptly called locus pcenitentitf. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one...not binding on either side till it is assented to. If a bidding was binding on the bidder before the hammer is down, he would be bound by his offer, and... | |
| Samuel Comyn - Contracts - 1824 - 680 pages
...not done here till the defendant had retracted. An auction is not unaptly called locus peenitentiee. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one...contended for, one party would be bound by the offer and one not, which can never be allowed." If goods are fairly sold at a public auction, and the buyer refuses... | |
| Richard Babington - Auctions - 1826 - 300 pages
...not done here till the defendant had retracted. An auction is not unaptly called locus penitentia. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one...offer and the other not, which can never be allowed." Upon the sale of goods it is usual to insert a clause in the conditions of sale, that the goods shall... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Peregrine Bingham - Law reports, digests, etc - 1828 - 810 pages
...not done here till the defendant hod retracted. An auction is not unaptly called locus pcenitentite. Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one...offer, and the other not, which can never be allowed." These cases have established the principle on which I decide, namely, that, till both parties are agreed,... | |
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