Sage & Co. v. Chicago Steel Foundry Co.

Plaintiff in error, Sage & Company, a corporation, brought suit against defendant in error, the Chicago Steel Foundry Company, to recover $68.93, for a car of coal. At the close of the evidence for plaintiff in error the court directed a verdict for defendant in error, and rendered judgment on the verdict against plaintiff in error for costs.

The evidence introduced by plaintiff in error tended to show the following facts: On January 15, 1910, Donald A. Sage, the president of plaintiff in error, had a conversation over the telephone with some one in the office of defendant in error, wherein,…