Hoffman v. Ralston Purina Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding check for seven months without communicating rejection of offer was an unreasonable length of time and constitutes acceptance
• finding acceptance where offeree accepted benefits of offer but never expressly accepted and, in fact, said he would not accept
• “The question is not the actual intent of the offeree, but his manifested intent. Actions of the offeree can constitute acceptance even when accompanying words express a contrary intent.”
• accord and satisfaction only if there is a sufficient expression to make creditor understand that the sum is in satisfaction of disputed claim
• “The question is not the actual intent of the offeree, but his manifested intent.”
• “There must be expressions sufficient to make the creditor understand or to make it unreasonable for him not to understand that the performance is offered in full satisfaction of the claim.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).