Wilson v. Miller Flour Mills

In the year 1925, the respondent, Wilson, was farming a tract of land located near Top-penish, in Yakima county. Desiring some wheat of a particular kind for seeding purposes, he went to one Asbury, a local dealer at Toppenish, to purchase it, telling him that he desired one hundred bushels. The dealer did not have wheat of the kind wanted, but told the respondent that he thought he could procure it for him. The dealer then called the appellant, Miller Flour Mills, who was doing business at the city of Yakima some twenty-two miles distant, by telephone, and inquired whether it had wheat of…