Tag: contract formation

Raffles v. Wichelhaus

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Following is the case brief for Raffles v. Wichelhaus, Court of Exchequer, (1864) Case summary for Raffles v. Wichelhaus: Raffles and Wichelhaus entered a contract to buy and sell Surat cotton shipped by a ship called the ‘Peerless’ which was sailing from Bombay, India. Unbeknownst to both, there was a Peerless that sailed from Bombay in both October and December […]

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Hadley v. Baxendale

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Following is the case brief for Hadley v. Baxendale, The Court of Exchequer (England), (1854) Case summary for Hadley v. Baxendale: Hadley owned and operated a mill when the mill’s crank shaft broke. Hadley entered into a contract with Baxendale, to deliver the shaft to an engineering company on an agreed upon date. Hadley failed to inform Baxendale that the mill […]

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