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|procedural_history=Adams (buyer of wool; plaintiff) sued Lindsell (seller of wool) for money damages.
|procedural_history=Adams (buyer of wool; plaintiff) sued Lindsell (seller of wool) for money damages.
Adams (wool manufacturer & buyer) won in the trial court.
|issues=Was Plaintiff's (Adams) purported acceptance actually an acceptance?
|issues=Was Plaintiff's (Adams) purported acceptance actually an acceptance?
Is an offer accepted when the offeree (buyer Adams) places a  letter of acceptance in the mail?
|arguments=Defendant Lindsell (seller of wool) argued that no contract had been formed because he hadn't received the reply from Adams (buyer of wool; plaintiff).
|arguments=Defendant Lindsell (seller of wool) argued that no contract had been formed because he hadn't received the reply from Adams (buyer of wool; plaintiff).
|holding=Yes, Plaintiff had accepted.
|holding=Yes, Plaintiff had accepted.
An offer made via the postal system is properly accepted when the offeree places a letter accepting the offer in the mail.
|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.
Lord Ellenborough: The letter of acceptance needn't actually be received by the offeror (Lindsell).
|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.
|case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link
|case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link
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