18 Ga. App. 22 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1916
The Haynes Auto Company brought a suit against S. M. Turner upon a written order given to it by him for a touring car. Omitting other parts (which for our present purpose need not be considered), the alleged contract, which desig
We are of the opinion that the judgment is correct, and that the reason assigned therefor is sound; and therefore any necessity for considering other contentions raised hy counsel is obviated. A written order directed to a corporation and accepted in writing by the president of the corporation, containing a written agreement to purchase a certain automobile at a specified price, and stipulating that the car is to be delivered to the purchaser within a definite period of time therein specified, without more, would be, by virtue of such acceptance, a contract binding upon the acceptor and enforceable by the proposer of the contract. A contract is not necessarily unilateral and void for want of mutuality merely because the liabilities of the opposite parties are not equal. A contract is unilateral only when only one of the contracting parties is bound to perform, and the rights of one of the parties thereunder exist only at the option of the other. A contract is not unilateral merely because, under the terms of the agreement, the benefits accruing to the respective parties are unequal. A contract is not unilateral when either party can compel the other to