W. T. Rawleigh Co. v. Graham

Plaintiff herein, The W. T. Rawleigh Company, is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Illinois, maintaining its main office at Freeport, in that state. The company maintains numerous branch offices throughout the United States, one being located at Oakland, California. Plaintiff is engaged in the sale and manufacture of merchandise, which it sells at wholesale to certain persons, who in turn retail the commodities to consumers.

Plaintiff uses a standard form of contract, which those who sell its products sign, and during the year 1931, one F. W. Cline, a resident of the state…