Case Name: MULHERIN v. SABEL & ROTHSCHILDS
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1919-10-20
Citations: 24 Ga. App. 304
Docket Number: 10573
Parties: MULHERIN v. SABEL & ROTHSCHILDS.
Judges: Jenlcins, P. J., and Stephens, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 24
Pages: 304–304

Head Matter:
10573.
MULHERIN v. SABEL & ROTHSCHILDS.
Whether acceptance of an offer to sell was within a reasonable time was a question for the jury, under the allegations of the plaintiff’s (the acceptor’s) petition, where it appeared that the offer was made by letter dated on the 22d day of the month, mailed at Augusta, Georgia, and addressed to Jacksonville, Elorida, and the acceptance was by telegram from Jacksonville, dated on the 24th day of the same month.
Decided October 20, 1919.
Complaint; from city court of Richmond county—Judge Black. April 25, 1919.
I. S. Peebles Jr., for plaintiff in error. S. IJ. Myers, contra.

Opinion:
Smith, J.
The petition in this case set out substantially tha' by telegrams and letters exchanged between the parties (copies of which were attached to the petition) the defendant entered into a contract to sell a described engine to the plaintiffs for the price of $350; and the only question raised by the general demurrer of the defendant was whether the plaintiffs waited too long,—an unreasonable time,—in accepting his offer of sale, his letter being dated April 22,1918, and mailed at Augusta, Georgia, to the plaintiffs at Jacksonville, Florida, and the answer by wire being dated April 24, 1918, Jacksonville, Florida. Under the allegations of the petition it was a question of fact, for the jury to determine, whether or not the answer by wire was made within a reasonable time. The court therefore did not err in overruling the general demurrer.
Judgment affirmed.
Jenlcins, P. J., and Stephens, J., concur.