Coates v. Buck
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outa-gamie county: John G-oodland, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff was a corporation under the laws of New York, doing a manufacturing and wholesale business in New York, and the defendant was a retail dealer in goods and merchandise in this state.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outa-gamie county: John G-oodland, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff was a corporation under the laws of New York, doing a manufacturing and wholesale business in New York, and the defendant was a retail dealer in goods and merchandise in this state. A short time prior to December 20, 1893, the defendant received from the plaintiff a sample card, containing a patch of large needles and a paper of hand sewing needles, and a circular letter describing the goods and the manner of putting them up, stating the price to be three cents per card, and a blank…
1Opinion of the Court
Cassoday, O. J.
It is difficult to perceive upon what theory the verdict was directed in favor of the defendant. The defendant admits that he made the order December 20, 1893,. after he had inspected samples of the plaintiff’s needles. The’ evidence on the part of the plaintiff tended to prove that the needles shipped to the defendant by the plaintiff were the same as to quality, kind, and description as the sample card sent him before the goods were ordered, and that the needles were all in good order and condition when so shipped. The defendant had been buying and selling needles for…
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