Berliet Nig v. Francis Mr. Francis, the Benin branch manager received letter from the Managing Director in Lagos that 10% of the company’s shares will be owned by workers and they should come and buy. Mr. Franics applied for N2,500 per...
Eliason v. Henshaw Eliason sent an offer on the 14th from Georgetown to Henshaw and required acceptance to be by wagon to Harper’s Ferry. Henshaw actually replied by regular carriage mail to Georgetown on the 19th and Eliason rejected this stating...
Orient Bank v. Bilante International The respondent applied for a loan of N18m and then the appellant sent him a formal offer of loan with terms on which the bank would grant it also adding that the respondent kindly confirm the...
Entores v. Miles Far East Corporation An offer was made by telex in London to the defendants in Amsterdam and the defendants replied by telex. When a dispute arose, the plaintiffs brought an action in England and the defendant challenged the...
Anon Lodge v. Mercantile Bank The place of where a contract was concluded was the main issue. Here, the appellant applied for a loan from the Port Harcourt branch of the respondent bank. The application was approved by the respondent which...
Williams v. Carawadine There was an offer of reward of 30 pounds to anyone who gave information leading to the conviction of murderers of a Walter carve. The plaintiff knew of the offer, believed that she did not have long to...
R v. Clarke The police offered a reward for 1,000 pounds for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderers of two policemen and a pardon to such an informant if he was an accomplice. The plaintiff was arrested...
Fitch v. Snedaker There was a reward for whoever gave information leading to the arrest of certain killers. The plaintiff gave the information before the reward was offered and still claimed entitlement of the rewards. It was held there was no...
Winn v. Bull The defendant agreed to take a lease of house subject to the preparation and approval of formal contract. It was held that in the absence of a formal contract, the agreement was not binding. Hey there, you’re welcome...
UBA v. Tejumola & Sons Ltd The defendant offered to take a lease of the plaintiff’s building for a period of 15 years at N215 per square metre. The letter was boldly headed ‘subject to contract’. The plaintiff ‘accepted’ this offer...
