X knows that Y has offered to sell wheat to Z at a certain price per bushel. Hoping to get Z for a customer, X offers Z wheat at $.50 less a bushel than Y offered. X gets the contract. X is liable to Y for the tort of interference with contractual relations.

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X is not liable to Y for the tort of interference with contractual relations because there was no existing contract between Y and Z that X interfered with; Y had only made an offer to Z, which Z had not accepted, thus no contractual relation had been established for X to interfere with.

X Knows That Y Has Offered to Sell Wheat to Z