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Defendant (Lindsell) sent, by mail, an offer to sell wool. Due to Defendant's negligence, the offer was received late on September 5th 1817. | Defendant (Lindsell) sent, by mail, an offer to sell wool. Due to Defendant's negligence, the offer was received late on September 5th 1817. | ||
Plaintiff (Adams) immediately accepted | Plaintiff (Adams) immediately accepted, but Defendant (Lindsell) had already sold wool. | ||
|issues=Was Plaintiff's (Adams) purported acceptance actually an acceptance? | |issues=Was Plaintiff's (Adams) purported acceptance actually an acceptance? | ||
|holding=Yes, Plaintiff had accepted. | |holding=Yes, Plaintiff had accepted. | ||
|reasons=There was a "meeting of the minds" as soon as Plaintiff posted his acceptance in the mail. | |reasons=There was a "meeting of the minds" as soon as Plaintiff posted his acceptance in the mail. | ||
|rule=The [https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mailbox_rule mailbox rule] states that acceptance takes effect as soon as a letter stating such is posted. | |rule=The [https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mailbox_rule mailbox rule] states that acceptance takes effect as soon as a letter stating such is posted. | ||
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