Judge rules farmer’s thumbs-up emoji counts as contract agreement

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PUBLISHED JULY 5, 2023

A Saskatchewan judge says an emoji can amount to a contractual agreement and ordered a farmer to pay more than $82,000 for not delivering product to a grain buyer after responding to a text message with a thumbs-up image.

The Court of King’s Bench decision said a grain buyer with South West Terminal sent a text to farmers in March 2021 saying that the company was looking to buy 86 tonnes of flax for $17 per bushel to be delivered in the fall.
The buyer, Kent Mickleborough, later spoke with Swift Current farmer Chris Achter on the phone and texted a picture of a contract to deliver the flax in November, adding “please confirm flax contract.”

Achter texted back a thumbs-up emoji. But when November came around, the flax was not delivered and prices for the crop had increased.

 

more at https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-farmer-ordered-to-pay-after-judge-says-thumbs-up-emoji-amounts-to/

 

 

[Crazy Cat 41,806]

"Keene’s decision noted the case is novel, but the judge said emojis are now commonly used."

As a digital signature?  

[Ban Hammer 13,327]

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

"Keene’s decision noted the case is novel, but the judge said emojis are now commonly used."

As a digital signature?  

i use one all the time

[Mike E 11,739]

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