Raffles v Wichelhaus [1864] EWHC Exch J19, often called "The Peerless" case, is a leading case on mutual mistake in English contract law. Parties to an agreement for the sale of cotton coming aboard a ship named Peerless later realized that they intended different vessels.
Raffles v Wichelhaus [1864] EWHC Exch J19, often called "The Peerless" case, is a leading case on mutual mistake in English contract law. Parties to an agreement for the sale of cotton coming aboard a ship named Peerless later realized that they intended different vessels.
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