Farmer owes $82,000 in contract dispute over use of a 'thumbs-up' emoji, judge says | CNN Business

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A Canadian farmer owes $82,000 for breach of contract after using a “thumbs-up” emoji in a text

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According to court documents from the King’s Bench for Saskatchewan in March 2021, grain purchasers with South West Terminal, Ltd., sent a text message to grain suppliers wanting to buy flax for $17 per bushel for delivery in October, November, or December of that year. After phone calls with farmers Bob and Chris Achter, SWT drafted a contract for Chris Achter to sell SWT 86 metric tons of flax for $17 a bushel and deliver the flax in November.

Mikleborough [sic] regularly texted me, and many of the messages were informal.” Achter’s counsel said in the documents, “allowing a simple 👍 emoji to signify identity and acceptance would open up the flood gates to allow all sorts of cases coming forward asking for interpretations as to what various different emojis mean – for example what does a 👊 emoji mean or a 🤝 emoji mean, etc.

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