Hallwood Cash Register Co. v. Lufkin

The factory and the main office of the plaintiff is in Columbus, Ohio. The defendants’ place of business is in Gloucester, Massachusetts. On April 18, 1899, in Gloucester, the defendants gave to the plaintiff’s salesman a written order to ship one of its No. 14 cash registers to them at their place of business as soon as possible, by which order they agreed, “ on the fulfilment of the above, ... to pay . . . one hundred and thirty dollars, . . . ten dollars down and ten dollars each month until paid for. . . . Notes for the balance payable monthly.” On April 20, the plaintiff, by its New…