Mancourt-Winters Coal Co. v. Ford Motor Co.

On July 2, 1920, the plaintiff and defendant entered into a written contract, wherein the plaintiff agreed to sell and the defendant agreed to purchase 25,000 tons of “Elkhorn” coal at the price of $7.50 per ton “f. o. b. mines,” to be shipped to defendant at its River Rouge plant in equal monthly shipments during the following year. The coal was to be furnished from “Coal Run, Funk, Elkhorn Collieries Company and Buckingham and based on a 75 per cent, car supply.” The contract stated that the plaintiff was purchasing the coal from the representatives of certain mines, and a part of its…