J. B. Colt Co. v. Cousino

On October 20, 1918, plaintiff’s salesman, Mr. Roper, solicited defendant, a farmer in Monroe county, to purchase a carbide lighting system. After some negotiations, defendant agreed to make the purchase. Defendant, his wife and a neighbor whom Roper had “go around with him selling lighting plants,” all testify that Roper agreed that defendant might pay for the plant at the rate of $50 per year and that the plaintiff would accept Liberty bonds, “dollar for dollar,” in payment therefor. When Roper presented the order to defendant for his signature, he read it over and understood it perfectly.…