Sheley v. Whitman

Sheley sued Whitman for the price of certain gas chandeliers and pipe. The defense was the statute of frauds, the articles being worth $200. The court below allowed a recovery.

Plaintiff has a store and stock of goods in Detroit. Defendant, having a private house in Detroit which he desired to have furnished, came into the store in pursuance of plaintiff’s invitation, and was shown a number of articles for which the price was fixed at $200.' He gave no order then. Afterwards he wrote this letter, the essential parts of which were these:

“You may place the gas fixtures I selected to-day. ' The…