Practice question
An unsupported option fixes a time for acceptance. Before acceptance, the offeror communicates withdrawal, with no other binding undertaking or legal impediment. The former offeree then attempts to accept the withdrawn offer. Which rule applies?
- The communicated withdrawal before acceptance prevents that later acceptance from forming the proposed contract
- Every stated time alone makes withdrawal impossible
- Acceptance revives every withdrawn offer automatically
- A separate option fee is conclusively presumed
- The offer remains open forever
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles 1324 and 1479: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- PNOC v. Keppel Philippines Holdings, GR 202050, July 25, 2016, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/jul2016/gr_202050_2016.html
- F.F. Cruz & Company v. NMC Container Lines, GR 270449, August 11, 2025, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70224
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