In Re Independent Coal Corporation

(after stating the facts as above). The sale is evidenced by a written contract, in the main a printed form, signed by Empire Company’s New York agent (its main office being in Philadelphia) and Independent Company’s treasurer. Agreement was that coal should “be delivered f. a. s. (free alongside), t. i. b. (trimmed in buckets), and f. o. b. (free on board) * * * around October 5,” 1925, the larger part at Port Reading and the rest at South Amboy. The printed conditions of sale are explicit that “coal delivered on board * * * boats * * * is to be in all respects at purchaser’s risk”; that the…