F. W. Stock & Sons v. Owen & Barker
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for damages. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
F. W. Stock & Sons is a corporation engaged in the milling business at Hillsdale, Michigan, and manufactures and sells large quantities of mill feed. In furtherance of its business it maintained an office at Norfolk, Virginia, which was conducted in the corporate name of F. W. Stock & Sons, and was in charge of Harold Stock. Owen & Barker were commission merchants of the city of Lynchburg, Virginia. Prior to the present controversy they had bought mill feed of F. W. Stock & Sons, and their method of doing business was to ask quotations of F. W. Stock & Sons, Norfolk, Virginia, and upon…
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- J. C. Lysle Milling Co. v. S. W. Holt & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1918
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