Chinook Lumber, & Shingle Co. v. McLane Lumber & Shingle Co.
Citations
- 107 Wash. 587
- 182 P. 625
- 1919 Wash. LEXIS 810
Syllabus
<p>Sales (10, 12)—Oeeer and Acceptance—Certainty—Contracts by Correspondence. Where the seller answered an inquiry of buyer wanting star shingles at $2 per thousand, by saying that it had sold out all its star shingles, but “quote two fifteen additional business,” the expression is too uncertain to be the basis for a binding contract.</p> <p>Same (10, 12)—Where the seller answered an inquiry of buyer wanting five car loads of star shingles at $2 per thousand by saying that it had sold out all its star shingles, but “quote two fifteen additional business,” to which the buyer replied asking seller to book it for five cars at $2.15 per thousand, and “advise by return wire how soon can ship,” to which no reply was made, there was no agreement as to the number of cars or time or place of shipment, and no closed contract.</p>
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- stating that a court of equity will permit a party who has acted in ignorance either of rights or facts, and who has thus failed to exercise his right of election, to exercise it when that knowledge is acquired
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