Norton Iron Works v. Wilson Steel Products Co.

This appeal brings up for review a judgment awarding damages against the defendant for breach of contract in refusing to accept and pay for certain steel rods purchased from the plaintiff.

The contract is evidenced by four letters written in May, 1920, in which the plaintiff agreed to sell, and the defendant agreed to buy, 2,000 tons of Bessemer steel wire rods at the price of $83 a ton f.o.b. plaintiff’s mill at Ashland, Kentucky, shipments to be made at the rate of 500 tons monthly during July, August, September and October, of 1920. Under this contract, the plaintiff shipped, and defendant…