Mente & Co. v. Elias

LE BLANC, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for breach of a contract alleged to have been entered into between the plaintiff, Mente & Co., Inc., and the defendant Elias Rice Mill, represented by Elias Elias, on January 14j 1930, and involving the sale by the former to the latter, of 10,000 rice bags or pockets and 200 pounds of jute twine.

The contract provided for shipping instructions to be furnished by the buyer to the seller and the shipping dates were fixed for the months of August and September, presumably of 1930, at the buyer’s option. In connection with the provision regarding…