Linen Thread Co. v. United States

The Linen Thread Co. received an order for the making of a particular kind of netting, but found that it was unable to fill the order for the reason that it had shipped to W. & J. Knox (Ltd.), Kilbirnie, Scotland, the machine required for the manufacture of that special class of goods. The Linen Thread Co. therefore sent the order and the twine, suitable for the manufacture of the netting, to W. & J. Knox (Ltd.), with instructions to make the goods according to order. W. & J. Knox (Ltd.) complied with those instructions and made up the netting, and shipped it to the Linen Thread Co. As the…