Dougherty v. Briggs

Citations

• 231 Pa. 68
• 79 A. 924
• 1911 Pa. LEXIS 794

Syllabus

<p>• Contracts — Offer and acceptance — Parol contract — Written correspondence — Acts and conduct of parties.</p> <p>1. Where the written correspondeneé between the parties to a contract discloses .on its face that, it does not constitute the whole agreement, and the terms thereof must be ascertained from the letters and acts of the parties, the contract is for the jury, including the question whether an offer contained in one of the letters of the defendant was accepted by the conduct or acts of the plaintiff.</p> <p>2. When it is sought to establish a contract by letters which pass between the parties, containing proposals, answers and counterproposals, it must be made to appear that at some point in the correspondence there was a definite and unqualified proposal by one party which was unconditionally and without qualification accepted by the other party.</p>