Schulze v. General Electric Co.

Citations

• 108 Wash. 401
• 184 P. 342
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 889

Syllabus

<p>Sales (12)—Contracts by Correspondence. There was no meeting of the minds and no completed contract by correspondence for the purchase of poles where, although prices quoted were apparently accepted, in view of changes and new conditions which appeared in each interchange, the buyer, before mailing acceptance, requested telegraphic reply, and the seller then countered by materially changing date of delivery, terms of payment and price, and the changes were never agreed to.</p> <p>Trial (53)—Questions of Law or Fact—Construction of Writings. Where a transaction consists wholly of letters and telegrams, whether the correspondence constituted a contract is a question for the court.</p>