Strickland v. Parlin & Orendorf Co.

The record discloses that Strickland, who lived' near Calhoun, Georgia, had received from the defendant in error-two forms of order for goods. One of these was a form for ordering a car-load of drills with proper attachments; the other, for ordering-one drill. Strickland kept these order blanks for two or three weeks, and then, according to his testimony, suddenly concluded that as the season for selling drills was at hand, he would sign one of the orders. He intended to sign the order for the single drill, but, having both before him, he by mistake signed the order for the carload of drills,…