Peak v. International Harvester Co. of America

The plaintiff recovered damages for breach of a contract in that defendant failed and refused to furnish and deliver to him at Elsinore, Missouri, one of its New Ideal binders whereby his crop of wheat was left standing until overripe and he was compelled to harvest the same with “cradles.” In this way his wheat was damaged and much of it lost in harvesting and he was put to much expense in hiring hands to cradle it. The contract for the purchase of the binder is dated May 16, 1914, and was made through defendant’s selling agent at Elsinore and specified that the binder was “to be shipped in…