Dispute settlement 1st October Cardiff firm offered by lette

Dispute settlement.

1st October Cardiff firm offered by letter to sell 1000 boxes of tinplates to NY firm

8th Oct Cardiff firm posted letter revoking their offer

10th Oct NY firm recieved the letter of offer

11th Oct NY firm telegraphed acceptance of the offer

15th Oct NY firm posted a letter confirming its telegraphed acceptance

20th Oct NY firm received letter of revocation from Cardiff firm

Did the acceptance occur???

Solution

Yes, the acceptance occurred in the given case.
An offer can be revoked when the revocation of the offer is communicated to the offeree before the offeree accepts the offer. In the given case, NY firm has telegraphed the acceptance on 11th October before the NY firm receives the revocation letter. So, with the telegraph of the acceptance, the acceptance in the contract takes place and a valid contract is formed.