Re: Valid Contract Through Email Alone?



In article <cmupo117ecbqrluhcuvetdrt0mdalk59sk@xxxxxxx>,
Bob Stock <x.x@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 29 Nov 2005 16:55:21 -0800, rk73737@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >Is it possible for create a valid contract by email alone? For example
> >here is text of an email correspondence:
> >
> >Seller: I have a tv for sale for $100.
> >Buyer: I will buy that tv for $100
> >
> >Is this a valid contract?
>
> No offense, but I'm kind of sick of this TV-for-a-$100-contract
> subject. Did any of this happen, or is it all some abstract variation
> on a theme legal quiz?
>
> ------------------------------
> Bob Stock, California Attorney
> Nothing I've said should be relied on as legal advice.
> ------------------------------

1) I agree with Bob. And I imagine others do, too.

2) It depends if the e-mails are "invitation and offer" or "offer and
acceptance."
.



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