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*Raffles = plaintiff = cotton producer in Bombay, India | *Raffles = plaintiff = cotton producer in Bombay, India | ||
*Raffles signed a contract to sell 125 bales of cotton originating in India to Wichelhaus | *Raffles signed a contract to sell 125 bales of cotton originating in India to Wichelhaus | ||
* | *Plaintiff offered to sell a certain amount of cotton to Defendant. The cotton would be brought from India on a ship called the ''Peerless''. | ||
*There were apparently | *There were apparently two ships with that name, and the Defendant and the Plaintiff were each thinking about different ones. | ||
** | **One was supposed to leave from Bombay in October, and | ||
** | **the other was supposed to leave in December. | ||
*When the cotton arrived in England, the Defendant refused to pay. The ship that he was expecting to bring him the cotton had left India in October. | |||
|issues=Should the contract be enforced? | |||
*When the cotton arrived in England | |holding=The contract is not enforceable. | ||
|judgment=Judgment for the Defendant. | |||
|issues= | |||
Should the contract be enforced? | |||
|holding= | |||
The contract is not enforceable. | |||
|judgment=Judgment for the Defendant | |||
|reasons=* Each person was agreeing to a different thing. | |reasons=* Each person was agreeing to a different thing. | ||
* The intent of every party was not what the other party thought. | * The intent of every party was not what the other party thought. |