Brentwood Realty Co. v. Moses

Citations

• 73 Pa. Super. 307
• 1920 Pa. Super. LEXIS 6

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Offer and acceptance — Material alteration — Meeting of minds — Rescission of contract.</p> <p>To constitute a contract, the acceptance of an offer must he absolute and identical with the terms of the offer. If one offers to a definite thing and the offer is accepted conditionally, or introduces a new term in tbe acceptance, there is no such meeting of minds as would create a contract.</p> <p>Where an agreement of sale called for the purchase of certain lots in a real estate development designated as “Brentwood Park” and the vendor after the signing of the contract added the word “addition,” which was the name of another plan of lots, such an alteration changed the terms of the agreement, and the vendee was within his rights when he refused to carry out its conditions.</p>