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Lindsell received the Adams mailed reply on September 9th. Defendant (Lindsell) had already sold wool on September 8th. | Lindsell received the Adams mailed reply on September 9th. Defendant (Lindsell) had already sold wool on September 8th. | ||
|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. | ||
|issues=Was Plaintiff's (Adams) purported acceptance actually an acceptance? | |issues=Was Plaintiff's (Adams) purported acceptance actually an acceptance? | ||
|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. | ||
|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. | ||
|case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link | |case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link | ||
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|September 2nd 1817 | |||
|Lindsell (seller of wool) mailed a offer letter to Adams (wool manufacturer & buyer). | |||
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|September 5th 1817 | |||
|Adams received the letter | |||
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|September 5th 1817 | |||
|Plaintiff (buyer Adams) immediately accepted to buy a large quantity of sheep wool on September 5th 1817 | |||
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|September 5th 1817 | |||
|Adams replied via mail | |||
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|September 7th 1817 | |||
|Lindsell (seller) hasn't heard from Adams (buyer) | |||
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|September 8th 1817 | |||
|Lindsell sold the wool to another buyer (not Adams) | |||
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|September 9th 1817 | |||
|Lindsell (seller) received the acceptance letter | |||
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