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...
Innih v. Ferado The appellant wrote a letter to the respondent company offering sell certain assets for N3,500,00 and specifically provided that payment should be made within the next three days. The respondent requested the period of payment be extended to...
Hyde v. Wrench The defendant offered to sell an estate for 1000 pounds on June 6. On June 8, the plaintiff replied with an offer to buy the estate for 950 pounds to which the defendant rejected on June 27. On...
Felthouse v. Bindley Felthouse offered to buy his nephew’s horse for a price and said that if he heard no reply from the nephew, he would assume that his offer had been accepted. The nephew intended to accept the offer but...
Tinn v. Hoffman The plaintiff and defendant both wrote letters to each other offering to buy and sell at 800 tons per shilling. It was held that there was no contract and there were just two simultaneous offers. There was an...
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v. Boots Cash Chemist The chemist shop operated a self-service system and a customer took drug with poisons required to be sold under the supervision of a chemist. The plaintiffs argued that the defendants breached the...
Harvela Investments v. Royal Trust Company of Canada The Royal Trust Company invited bids for its shares and then Harvela Investments made a bid of $2,175,000 while Sir Leonard Outerbridge bid $2,100,000 or $100,000 in excess of any other bids the...
Olaopa v. OAU The university contracted with an architect and discussed commercial possibilities for some landed property at Ibadan. Various things were discussed but there was no specific request for any sketch or design. The appellant prepared some sketches and sent...
Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company Carbolic Smoke Ball Company advertised that 100 pounds would be given to whoever would use their smoke ball three times a day for 2 weeks and still contracted influenza. To show their sincerity, they deposited...
