ADAM V. LINDSELL (1818)
ADAM V. LINDSELL ( 1818 ) On september 1817 , the defendant wrote to the plaintiff who processed wool , offering to sell them a quantity of sheep fleeces and stating that they required an answer ' in course of post'. Unfortunately the defendants did not adresss the letter correctly and as a result it did not reach the plaintiff untill the evening 5 september. The plaintiff posted their acceptance the same evening and it reached the defendant 9 september it appeared if the original letter have been correctly , the defendants could have expected the reply ' in the course of post' by 7 september. That date came and went, and they heard nothing from the plaintiff , So on 8 september they sold a wool to a third party. The issue in the case was whether a contract had been made before the sale to a third party on 8 september. HELD: The court held that a contract was concluded as soon as the acceptance was posted, so that the defendant was bound from the evening of 5 septem...
