Barnes-Smith Mercantile Co. v. Tate

Plaintiff, a corporation engaged in the jewelry business in St. Louis, sued defendants, merchants doing business in Williamsburg, Callaway county, to recover the purchase price of merchandise sold and delivered. Defendants refused to receive the merchandise, shipped it back and notified plaintiff of their purpose to rescind the sale on the grounds that it was induced by false and fraudulent representations of plaintiffs salesman; that plaintiff altered the written contract of sale after its execution by defendants and without their consent, and that the articles of merchandise delivered were…