That seems like the correct ruling. Any reasonable person would think that a thumbs up emoji equates to “yes”, “good”, “affirmative” or any other word of agreement. Trying to get out of a contract because you used an emoji is a complete dick move.
Considering verbal contracts are enforceable I’m not surprised the judge would rule this way.
Yeah, but I think it was a miscommunication. The contract was sent over text with “please confirm the contract”, but he was expecting a fax to sign and the thumbs up was a confirmation that he would sign it once he got it. Maybe I don’t know enough but I do kinda have to side with the farmer on this one.
Edit: ok I read a bit more, maybe not as this article mentions that they’ve previously confirmed messages over text. Idk
