Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Co. v. Northwestern Egg & Poultry Co.

The defendant complains of the action of the trial court in changing the answer to the third question of the special verdict. The jury having found, and the court having sustained the finding, and there is ample evidence to support such ruling, that the plaintiff had deposited in the mail to be forwarded to defendant its written acceptance of defendant’s order before plaintiff had received notice of the cancellation, no question is here raised that the contract between the parties was not then and thereby completed and in effect.

The contract having thus been established, the burden was then…