Portia and Lucas are
engaged and are living together. They want to purchase Jerome’s car. Jerome has
never met Portia. Jerome offers to sell his car to Lucas for R100 000. Lucas
and Portia accept Jerome’s offer. Which statement is CORRECT ?

Question

Portia and Lucas are
engaged and are living together. They want to purchase Jerome’s car. Jerome has
never met Portia. Jerome offers to sell his car to Lucas for R100 000. Lucas
and Portia accept Jerome’s offer. Which statement is  CORRECT ?

Answer

The acceptance is
valid, but Jerome can revoke his offer as he did not make an offer to Portia.

Answer

This is a very
uncertain area of the law, and there is no case law in South Africa which deals
with this type of issue.

Answer

The acceptance was
unqualified, therefore the acceptance was valid.

Answer

A valid contract has
been concluded, because Lucas is one of the parties that accepted the offer.

Answer

Even though the
acceptance by Lucas was a conscious response to the offer, the acceptance was
not valid.

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