Whitaker Paper Co. v. Galesburg Mail Co.

Plaintiff in error, The Whitaker Paper Company, a corporation, began an action of assumpsit in the circuit court of Knox county against defendant in error, Galesburg Mail Company, a corporation, to recover $3,854.79, alleged to be due for roll newsprint paper. A jury was waived, upon a trial before the court, judgment was rendered against defendant in error for $140.75, and a writ of error was prosecuted from this court.

On December 9, 1919, the parties entered into a written contract, which provided that plaintiff in error was to sell and defendant in error was to buy 225 tons of roll…