August 27, 2025
Adams v Lindsell [1818] EWHC KB J59 (05 June 1818)
Facts The defendants, wool-dealers in St. Ives, sent a letter to the plaintiffs, who were woollen manufacturers in Bromsgrove, on 2 September 1817, offering to sell them a quantity of wool. The defendants required an answer ‘in course of post’. Critically, the defendants misdirected this letter to ‘Bromsgrove, Leicestershire’, instead of the correct address in Worcestershire. Consequently, the letter did not reach the plaintiffs until the evening of 5 September. Upon receipt, the plaintiffs immediately wrote a letter of acceptance, which they posted the same evening. This acceptance letter was delivered to the defendants on 9 September. However, not having
