Gulf & S. I. R. v. United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co.

Citations

• 112 Miss. 141
• 72 So. 882

Syllabus

<p>1. Shipping. Special contract. Offer. Acceptance. Indefiniteness.</p> <p>Where in response to an inquiry asking the ocean rates on cast iron pipe from Gulfport to Colon, the agent of a railroad not engaged in ocean transportation quoted a rate on five thousand tons; this at most was only an offer which required acceptance to become binding.</p> <p>2. Shipping. Special contract. Indefiniteness.</p> <p>A contract simply for a certain ocean freight rate on a certain number of tons, not only does not allow division of the shipment hut is too indefinite to allow the shipper to demand transportation by steam, rather than a sailing vessel, and shipment and delivery at any certain date.</p>