Baum's Estate

Citations

• 274 Pa. 283
• 117 A. 684
• 1922 Pa. LEXIS 682

Syllabus

<p>0ontract — Offer—Acceptance—Silence—0ounsel fees.</p> <p>1. To be a contract, an offer must be accepted. An offeree has a right to make no reply to offers, and his silence and inaction cannot be construed as an assent to the offer.</p> <p>2. Where parties enter into an oral agreement with a firm of attorneys that their fees shall he an amount stated in case of failure of the suit, and thereafter a letter is addressed to the attorneys stating that the fee shall he the amount stated whether the suit is won or lost, to which the attorneys make no reply, and the court finds they knew nothing of the contents of the letter, the attorneys are not bound by such letter, if they win the suit.</p>