Legal Question in Business Law in Massachusetts

I'm a wholesale manufacturer. I received an email with a hand-written purchase order from a store in Oregon with items, prices, the total order amount and requested ship date. The terms were Net30. I responded by emailing a pro forma invoice confirming all the details. They responded via email saying "great" and that they looked forward to receiving the order.

Now they want to cancel the order though it's ready to ship as per their requested date. Does this constitute a legally binding purchase agreement? Do they have to accept and pay for the order?

Thank you!


Asked on 5/02/11, 7:59 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Harmon The Law Office of John W. Harmon

Everything depends on the writings. You are a wholesale manufacturer, were the goods they ordered special in design or are they resellable? If they are resellable because they are not special, it would limit any damages you could receive.

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Answered on 5/02/11, 10:14 am


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