Ramey Lumber Co. v. John Schroeder Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to’the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Action at law by the Ramey Lumber Company, Limited, against the John Schroeder Lumber Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
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In Error to’the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Action at law by the Ramey Lumber Company, Limited, against the John Schroeder Lumber Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. In June, 1910, plaintiff in error, herein termed “plaintiff,” and defendant in error, herein termed “defendant,” entered into a written contract signed by the plaintiff, and, on behalf of defendant, by one J. McCauley, manager of the' Chicago branch of the defendant’s business'. This contract involved a large amount of lumber, something over 1,000,000 feet,…
1Opinion of the CourtAlschuler, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The District Court properly held that McCauley had authority to execute the contract. The sharp decline in the,price of lumber seems to have been the only excuse fox the suggestion. The correspondence appearing in the record, some of which we have recited, leaves no basis for this defense.
The lumber was on hand, owned by plaintiff, at the time of the repudiation of the contract, and ready to be delivered. Defendant had accepted a part thereof which was shipped to it July 31, 1911. On August 5, 1911, defendant directed all shipments to be made to it at…
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