On July 1 Judy receives an offer by mail from Bob to sell Bo

On July 1 Judy receives an offer by mail from Bob to sell Bob\'s BMW for $30,000. Bob includes in the letter that the offer will be open until July 15. On July 12, Judy sends a return letter by U.S. Postal Service certified return receipt accepting the offer. For an unexplained reason, Bob does not receive the letter until July 17. On July 16 Bob and Frank agree on a sale of the car for $31,000. Judy wants the car. 1. English (US) -= Focus JAN 30

Solution

In this case, a valid acceptance took place on july 12.   When an offeree sends an acceptance using a reliable medium, the law regards the acceptance to have automatically taken place when it is dispatched, not when it is received. judy sent an acceptance using a u.s postal service certified letter. The law regards the U.S. Mail to be a reliable medium.  For this reason, judy acceptance took effect on july 12, when the letter of acceptance was sent.  A binding contract resulted at that time.