Hyde v Wrench
1840 · 3 Beav 334
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- Facts
- Wrench offered a farm for £1,000. Hyde offered £950. That was refused. Hyde then purported to accept the £1,000.
- Issue
- Was the original offer still open?
- Held
- No. The £950 was a and killed the original offer.
- Principle
- A counter-offer rejects the offer it responds to.
- Why it matters
- Set it beside Stevenson v McLean, where a question did not reject the offer.
Words and Latin in this note
- Counter-offer
- A reply that changes the terms. It rejects the original offer, so that offer can no longer be accepted. Open the note.
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