ABSTRACT
Michael in Manchester wrote to Laura in Loughborough offering to sell Laura his Rolls Royce car for £20,000. On receiving Michael’s offer, Laura telephoned him in order to accept. Michael, however, said that since such a large sum of money was involved he wanted written confirmation of the acceptance from Laura. He said that if Laura got her letter of acceptance to him by 11 am the next day (Tuesday), he would go ahead with the sale at £20,000. Laura at once wrote and posted a letter of acceptance which Michael received at 9 am on the Tuesday morning. In the meantime, however, Michael had received a better offer for his car, and wrote to Laura withdrawing his offer to her. This letter was posted at 5 pm on the Monday evening, and was received by Laura at 8.30 am on Tuesday.
