Buckeye Brewing Co. v. Eymer

The defendant was a retailer of beer, doing business at Saginaw, and for many years purchased the beer that he sold from the plaintiff, a brewing company at Toledo, Ohio. During this time — a period of more than 25 years — there was an open account between them, except as this statement may be affected by transactions which, plaintiff’s counsel contend, amounted to settlements and statements of account. It was customary for plaintiff’s representative to call upon defendant several times each year, with statements of the account, when *295differences would be talked over, adjustments made, and…