A Canadian court has ruled that an emoji can be considered by a binding signature to a legal contract. In march of 2021 Kent mikkelboro a Canadian grain buyer sent out text messages to several farmers in the vicinity talking about how he was looking to buy 86 tons of flax at a price of $17 Canadian per bushel Chris alrighty Chris actor a Canadian farmer responded to the text and both got into correspondence on the phone. Flax had risen to $41 a bushel yikes over twice the amount Yeah, mikkelborough then sued actor for failing to provide the requested flax Arguing that the emoji was an agreement to the terms of the contract actor denied it but later

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