x = The Life of an offer a A o Dickinson v Dodds (1876) 2 Ch D 463 (CA) George Dickinson was one of several people interested in buying a piece of land from John Dodds. On Wednesday, John wrote to George, offering to sell the property and promising to hold that offer open until Friday morning. While George was considering his options on Thursday, he learned that John was negotiating with another potential buyer. George immediately tried to accept the offer, but he was unable to find John that night. He finally caught up with him the next morning and expressed his desire to buy the property. By that time, however, George had learned from a third party that John had already sold to someone else. George sued John for failing to fulfill his promise to keep the offer open. The lawsuit George sued John for failing to fulfill his promise to keep the offer open. The lawsuit failed. The court held that John's promise was unenforceable because it was entirely gratuitous.377 George had not provided anything of value in exchange for John's promise to hold his offer open until Friday x = The Life of an offer a A o Dickinson v Dodds (1876) 2 Ch D 463 (CA) George Dickinson was one of several people interested in buying a piece of land from John Dodds. On Wednesday, John wrote to George, offering to sell the property and promising to hold that offer open until Friday morning. While George was considering his options on Thursday, he learned that John was negotiating with another potential buyer. George immediately tried to accept the offer, but he was unable to find John that night. He finally caught up with him the next morning and expressed his desire to buy the property. By that time, however, George had learned from a third party that John had already sold to someone else. George sued John for failing to fulfill his promise to keep the offer open. The lawsuit George sued John for failing to fulfill his promise to keep the offer open. The lawsuit failed. The court held that John's promise was unenforceable because it was entirely gratuitous.377 George had not provided anything of value in exchange for John's promise to hold his offer open until Friday