Chris responded with a "thumbs-up" emoji, documents say. By November, the price of flax spiked to about $1,614 per tonne. The flax SWT was waiting on never came.

Saskatchewan Texting thumbs-up emoji in response to a question costs Sask. farmer $82K in contract case Swift Current judge says an emoji can amount to a contractual agreement ...

A judge has ruled a thumbs-up emoji texted in response to a picture of a contract and a request to 'please confirm flax contract' amounted to an agreement. (Jacy Schindel/CBC) ...