Greenfield Box Co. v. Independence Veneer & Box Mfg. Co.

Defendant bought a carload of quart crates, containing 3900 complete crates in which cups were included. Plaintiff bought these crates from defendant company over the telephone at the rate of 40 cents per crate. By order from defendant, the shipment was diverted to Greenfield, Tennessee, the domicile of plaintiff company, but through error was shipped instead to Anderson, Missouri. A delay of about two weeks occurred before they reached Greenfield, Tennessee, their point of destination. Plaintiff company refused at first, on account of this delay, to accept delivery of the crates. Finally,…