Legal Opinion
Gill v. General Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 2, 1904No. 26PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
1Opinion of the Court
DALLAS, Circuit Judge.
This was an action by the General Electric Company against Sidney S. Gill, William B. Gill, and T. Harvey Gill, to recover a balance due for electrical apparatus supplied and set up under and in pursuance of a certain proposal, acceptance, and approval in writing. The proposal, dated May 29, 1902, was made by the electric company, and was thus addressed:
“To Messrs Gill & Co. (for the National Umbrella Co.)
“(Hereinafter called the purchaser.)
“Address 1000 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.”
It contained this clause:
“The foregoing proposal is subject to the approval of * * *…
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