Contracts

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Excerpt from Contracts: Extracts, Citations, Condensed Cases, and Statements, Prepared for the Use of Students in the Metropolis Law SchoolI. A and B are talking together. A offers to sell his watch to B for $7 5, and on going out tells B to think it over until he returns. In half an hour A returns and upon com ing in says, I won't sell my watch for $7 5, and withdraw my offer. B replies, That won't do, you made me the offer and I accept it.II. Oxley and Cooke were discussing the proposed pur chase of certain tobacco by the latter from the former. Oxley proposed to sell the tobacco at a certain price, and Cooke requested Oxley to give him until 4 P. M. Of that day to agree or dissent to the offer. Oxley assented thereto and offered to sell and deliver the tobacco to Cooke at the said price, if Cooke would agree to purchase at such price, and give him notice thereof before 4 P. M. Of that day. Cooke did agree to purchase the tobacco at the stated price and gave notice thereof to Oxley before 4 P. M. Of that day. He also requested Oxley to deliver the tobacco and tendered the purchase price. Oxley did not deliver the tobacco and Cooke brought suit. Did he have a good cause of action?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.