Contract incomplete without assent of parties to terms thereof; withdrawal of bid or proposition by party
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Clough Marketing Svcs., Inc. v. The Main Line Corp (2008)
Most recently applied in Clough Marketing Svcs., Inc. v. The Main Line Corp (June 2008)
of Code section. — The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Prior v
The consent of the parties being essential to a contract, until each has assented to all the terms, there is no binding contract; until assented to, each party may withdraw his bid or proposition. (Orig. Code 1863, § 2689; Code 1868, § 2685; Code 1873, § 2727; Code 1882, § 2727; Civil Code
1895, § 3645; Civil Code 1910, § 4230; Code 1933, § 20-108.)
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