Adair v. McAtee

Defendant McAtee bought furniture from plaintiffs, Adair. McAtee signed conditional sales contracts to secure his obligation to pay the purchase price. The contracts were not signed by either plaintiff. However, the furniture was delivered to McAtee and was used by him for the purposes intended. He made some payments as required by his contract and thereafter failed to make further payment.

This was an action by Adairs to recover the purchase price. McAtee, in defense,- claimed that there were no contracts because of the failure of either Adair to sign the contracts in question. The trial…