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· 10/15/1885

City of Springfield v. First National Bank

Citations

  • 87 Mo. 441

How courts have described this case

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  • listing elements of contract, including concept that offer may be accepted by commencement of performance
  • noting that contractual offers may be accepted by performance
  • part performance may remove a land sale contract from the statute of frauds
  • court to Nokia: “[Y]ou need to tell me what are the . . . questions . . . that I have to ask the jury when I get to the statute of frauds defense”
  • “Generally, courts look to the basic elements of the offer and the acceptance to determine whether there was an objective meeting of the minds sufficient to give rise to a binding and enforceable contract.”
  • “Generally, courts look to the basic elements of the offer and the acceptance to determine whether there was an objective meeting of the minds sufficient to give rise to a binding and enforceable contract.”

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Judges: Norton

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