Comstock v. Price
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for goods sold and delivered. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox County; the Hon. John A. Gray, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1902..
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
In 1898 Price owned a large farm, at Kenton, Ohio, where he raised onions and other produce for sale and shipment in bulk. Comstock was in the wholesale fruit and produce business at Galesburg, Illinois, buying and selling on his own account. In October, 1898, Comstock and Price had correspondence by letters and telegrams concerning a car load of onions. Part of the correspondence was lost and was proved orally, with some disagreement as to the terms of the lost correspondence. It seems, however, that Comstock ordered and Price shipped to him a car load of onions, containing 543 bushels,…
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