Sandoris Silva vs Volkart Brothers – clr volume 2 page 197_2

In the case between Juseem Lebbe (plaintiff, a trader in plumbago) and the firm of Volkart Brothers (defendants, merchants and mill-owners), the court addressed whether a written agreement dated April 9, 1890, constituted a complete and binding contract for the sale of various grades of plumbago or merely an offer capable of partial acceptance or rejection. The court held that the document constituted a complete and binding contract obligating the defendants to accept the whole lot, thereby entitling the plaintiff to recover payment for all goods tendered. The principle affirmed is that clear language expressing an agreement to sell gives rise to a binding contract, even if later correspondence reflects partial acceptance or attempted rejection. Reliance was placed on both the text of the