L. D. Powell Co. v. Larkin

In the year 1915. defendant resided in the state of Nebraska, and on May 18th of that year he gave to an agent of plaintiff company, addressed to plaintiff at Los Angeles,. Cal., an order for certain law books published by plaintiff, which order was in the following form;

“Los Angeles, Cal., May 18, 1915.

“Please ship me, in buckram binding, at $6 per volume, transportation prepaid, the Encyclopaedia of Evidence (14 volumes) and the Supplement thereto, and the Standard Encyclopaedia of *247Procedure as published (any volumes in excess of 26 including index to be furnished free), and the future…