Riverside Coal Co. v. Elman Coal Co.

From the finding, it appears that the plaintiff is a wholesale dealer and importer of coal and other fuels, with its principal place of business in Worcester, Massachusetts; the defendant a retail dealer in coal, with a place of business in Hartford, Connecticut. January 29th, 1926, the plaintiff’s salesman called on the defendant at Hartford, and took from the defendant an oral order for two cars of Scotch coke. At that time, a strike in the anthracite coal fields of national proportions was in force, and it was not then known when the strike would be settled. It did, in fact, terminate…