Farmer owes $82,000 in contract dispute over use of a ‘thumbs-up’ emoji, judge says - eviltoast
  • guyman@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So? Even if he did work before, he didn’t sign a contract. He should be free to change any deals that don’t have a notorized signature attached to them.

    This is basic business. Hopefully he won’t get convicted and future businessmen can learn from this.

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      1 year ago

      Contract law is interesting here. There’s something called implied consent that makes the previous events very relevant - “Implied acceptance occurs when the parties act in a way that indicates their agreement with the contract terms. It also occurs when a product or service is purchased; payment for the item in question is considered implied acceptance.”. This can be verbal or nonverbal.

      So since he acted in a way that indicated acceptance previously, the form of acceptance (single text, positive reaction) it’s implied he was accepting. A hand shake also constitutes acceptance if it was face to face.