Seaver v. Lindsay Light Co.

This action was tried at Trial Term without a jury. There is little or no dispute on the facts. A broker in London communicated with the defendant in Chicago, asking if it had thorium for sale. The defendant replied, referring the broker to its brokers in London, who would quote prices. Thereafter there was various correspondence between the two brokers, and finally the defendant’s brokers submitted an offer from the defendant. This the broker who had first communicated with the defendant accepted in a cable sent to the defendant at Chicago, and the defendant’s confirmation of this acceptance…