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Raffles v Wichelhaus [1864] EWHC Exch J19, often called "The Peerless" case, is a leading case on mutual mistake in English contract law. The case established that where there is latent ambiguity as to an essential element of the contract, the Court will attempt to find a reasonable interpretation from the context of the agreement before it ...
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Facts. The complainant, Mr Raffles, offered to sell an amount of Surat cotton to the defendant, Mr Wichelhaus. This Surat cotton would be brought to Liverpool by a ship from Bombay, India. This ship was called the Peerless, but there were two ships that had this name.
Neutral Citation Number: [1864] EWHC Exch J19 (1864) 2 H & C 906; 159 ER: IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER. B e f o r e : _____ ... bought of the plaintiff " to arrive ex Peerless from Bomb-y," the defendant pleaded that he meant a ship called the "Peerless" which sailed from Bombay, in October, and the plaintiff was not ready to deliver any cotton ...
Citation2 H. & C. 906 Brief Fact Summary. Plaintiff contracted to sell cotton arriving on a ship called the Peerless to the defendant. As it happened, there were two ships called the Peerless, and the contract did not specify which ship carried the cotton.
RAFFLES v. WICHELHAUS (1864) COURT OF THE EXCHEQUER . 2 Hurl. & C. 906 . Declaration. For that it was agreed between the plaintiff and the defendants, to wit, at Liverpool, that the plaintiff should sell to the defendants, and the defendants buy of the plaintiff, certain goods, to wit, 125 bales of Surat cotton, guaranteed middling fair
JISCBAILII_CASE_CONTRACT Neutral Citation Number: [1864] EWHC Exch J19(1864) 2 H & C 906; 159 ER IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER B e f o r e : _____Between: Raffles -v- Wichelhaus _____ To a declaration for not accepting Surat cotton which the defendant bought of the plaintiff " to arrive ex Peerless from Bomb-y," the defendant pleaded that he meant a ship called the "Peerless" which sailed from ...
