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Attempted Acceptance Of A Deceased Offeror's Offer, James L. Parks

University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series

Occasionally an offeree will attempt to accept an offer within its life as originally stated, but the act which he regards as an acceptance, and which usually would have been effective as such, is done after the death of his offeror. On this state of facts courts in the past have generally held that no contract could result from the offerce's efforts. The rule was to the effect that the offeror's death terminated his offer and his offeree's legal power to bind his estate to the bargain originally proffered. The reasons assigned to support this proposition are that every contract …