Albright v. Stegeman Motor Car Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscar M. Fritz, Circuit Judge. The respondent is a manufacturer of motor cars, and trucks at Milwaukee.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscar M. Fritz, Circuit Judge. The respondent is a manufacturer of motor cars, and trucks at Milwaukee. On the .26th day of February, 1917, appellant ordered, in writing, from the respondent a motor truck, to be built according to> specifications, and agreed to pay therefor the sum of $4,500. The order contained this clause: “This proposal, if accepted, constitutes a contract, subject to the approval of the Stegeman Motor Car Company, at its offices in Milwaukee, and must be countersigned by an officer of the company to be…
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, J.
Appellant contends that the judgment of the civil court should have been reversed because there never *560was a valid contract for the manufacture and sale of the truck, for the reason that the written order therefor was never countersigned by an officer of the company as required by its express terms. It is quite fundamental that parties may become bound by the terms of a contract even though they do not sign it, where their intention to' do- so is other'wise indicated.-- -Manifestly the provision requiring the- order' in-question to be countersigned by án officer of the company was inserted for…
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