Austin v. Wilson

The substantial facts upon which the judgment in this action is based are conceded. Plaintiff is a dealer in engine supplies, and defendant is the proprietor of a steam planing mill. On February 16, 1888, plaintiff was informed by a person in his employ that the engineer of defendant’s mill had ordered some packing, and thereupon he filled the order and delivered the packing at defendant’s mill, leaving it in the engine room. Two or three months after plaintiff sent by mail a bill of the packing to defendant, which he received, but gave it no attention. Subsequently, three or four other bills…