Bargain
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 55 U.S. 446 - Salmon Falls Manufacturing Co. v. Goddard · 1852Most cited · 74 citing opinions
under the Statute of Frauds
— The word 'bargain,' in the statute, means the terms upon which the respective parties contract; and in the sale of goods, the terms of the bargain must be specified in the note or memorandum, and stated with reasonable certainty, so that they can be understood from the writing itself, without having recourse to parol proof;
— for, unless the essential terms of the sale can be ascertained from the writing itself, or by a reference contained in it to something else, the memorandum is not a compliance with the statute.
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