Jerome Hardwood Lumber Co. v. Beaumont Lumber Co.

This is an action instituted by appellee against appellant to recover damages arising from an alleged breach of a contract for the sale by appellee to appellant of four carloads of lumber to be shipped from Starks, Louisiana, to appellant’s place of business in Drew County, Arkansas.

It is alleged in the complaint that appellant entered into an agreement (in the form of a written order and written acceptance) whereby appellant agreed to purchase four carloads of-lumber of the description set forth in the written order, and that appellant subsequently broke the contract by refusing to accept…