Question

Castillo offered to sell a pawn shop to Trudy. Castillo mailed the offer to Trudy by first-class U.S. mail. The offer did not specify the required manner of acceptance.

a. Under modern rules, how can Trudy communicate an acceptance of the offer to Castillo?

b. When will Castillo’s offer lapse if he did not specify a cancellation date in the offer?

c. If Trudy sends an acceptance by first-class U.S. mail, when will the acceptance be effective?

Answer 1

a. Any reasonable means are generally acceptable. Telephone, telegraph, mail, fax, and e-mail are all valid means of accepting an offer. So Trudy communicate an acceptance of the offer to Castillo using any of the above means.

b. The offer will expire after the lapse of a reasonable amount of time. This varies depending on the circumstances of the case.

c. As per the mailbox rule, The acceptance will be effective when it is placed in the mailbox.So acceptance will be effective when trudy places it in the mailbox