J. H. Arnold & Co. v. Gibson

The case was submitted to the jury on the third count of the complaint; the other counts being eliminated by the affirmative charge for the defendant. The writing declared on, and set out in this count in hsec verba, is in the form of a letter addressed to the plaintiff by the defendant, and indorsed “Accepted” by the plaintiff, in the following words:

“As per your instructions, we have this day transferred your consigned cotton (101) bales, which was based one hundred (100) points off May N. Y. basis middling, to twenty-five (25) points on July N. Y. basis middling. This agreement signed in…