Golden Eagle Milling Co. v. Old Homestead Bakery

Action to recover the sum of $3,234 damages for the breach of a contract to receive and pay for one thousand barrels of barley flour sold to the defendant at the agreed price of $11.30 per barrel, only twenty barrels of which were accepted and paid for, the remainder refused, and sold by the plaintiff in the nearest market at the best price obtainable, the price thus realized being less than the contract price by the said sum of $3,234.

The plaintiff is a corporation engaged in the manufacture of flour and feed. The defendant is a corporation engaged in the bakery business. On September 11,…