WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This case raises questions about when enforceable settlement agreements have been formed. The district court concluded that Barney and Elizabeth Byrum had tendered a valid acceptance to Bear Investment Company's offer to settle their dispute over a parcel of land when the Byrums sent the company a check for the amount specified in the offer and a general release. Although the check sent by the Byrums contained the words "under protest" and...
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