New Prague Flouring Mill Co. v. Spears

The plaintiff is a wholesale dealer in flour, and defendant is the proprietor of a restaurant and bakery. On July 28, 1920, at a solicitation of a traveling salesman, defendant executed a written order for the purchase from plaintiff of 100 barrels of flour. This simple and familiar business transaction was evidenced by a writing of such unusual and extraordinary character, so insusceptible of any satisfactory abbreviation, that we here copy it verb atún.

“Exhibit A.

“Dated July 28, 1920.

“New Prague Flouring Mill Co., of New Prague, Minn., hereby agrees to sell to G. A. Spears of Pleasantville,…