National Importing & Trading Co. v. E. A. Bear & Co.

This appeal is by the defendant from a judgment in the sum of $18,500, entered upon the verdict of a jury.

The controversy arose out of a contract in writing in and by which plaintiff sold and defendant bought about 225 cases of Chinese Crystal Hen Egg Albumen at the price of $1.54 a pound, duty paid, f. o. b. Chicago.

The terms of payment were: Net cash, sight draft against bill of lading. The contract further provided, “Shipment from the Orient, 75 cases in April, 50 cases in May, and 100 cases in June, 1920.”

The defendant refused to accept the goods and the market price having declined very…