Off v. J. B. Inderrieden Co.

Appellee is a broker and commission merchant doing business in Chicago. Appellant is a wholesale grocer doing business at Peoria under the name of Chas. J. Off & Co. In 1893, appellant also went into the business of canning tomatoes and corn at Warrensburg, Illinois, under the name, Warrensburg Canning Company. Appellee sold canned goods for him in the years 1893 and 1894. The business was conducted in this manner : Appellee would procure orders from intending purchasers on a form hereinafter set out, and send them to appellant, and he would sign acceptances at the foot of the orders. Orders…