Burroughs Adding Machine Co. v. Harris

Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff for the agreed purchase price of an adding machine. The machine was delivered to defendant about September 22, 1927, and was returned to the plaintiff October 1. The questions presented by the appeal are whether there was a contract of sale and, if so, was it canceled when the machine was returned?

C. A. Irons, a salesman working either for the plaintiff or for the Adding Machine Exchange store at 562 Market Street, San Francisco, obtained the signature of the defend-' ant to an order or contract made out upon a printed form which was…