Sennott v. Cobb's Pedigreed Chicks, Inc.

The plaintiff is engaged in the business of buying and selling grain. The defendant, whose business is that of hatching chicks, orally ordered three cars of white oats from the plaintiff who mailed a written confirmation of the order to the defendant. Various purchases of other items were made by the defendant, some of which the plaintiff was forced to cancel because of the com dition of the market. The cancellation of its orders displeased the defendant. In July, 1946 the plaintiff and the defendant had a conversation in which there was talk of cancellation of the contract of the order for…