Coalson Co. v. Burney

Burney, a broker, made a contract with Coal-son, a shoe dealer, by which he was to furnish him shoes for the trade. One paragraph of the contract between the parties was as follows: “ To furnish on consignment, to said Coalson, to the amount of $5000.00, shoes and merchandise incident to the shoe business, of such kinds and characters as said Burney may be handling at the time when consigned. Said consigned shoes to be -billed to said Coalson at factory prices, plus 10 per cent. Settlements to be made for the same weekly, and payments made for all consigned shoes sold during the preceding…