Anthony Co. v. Johnson

PRESIDING JUSTICE WRIGHT

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, Anthony Company, in September, 1944, was and for some time prior thereto, had been engaged in the manufacture and sale of industrial and farm equipment and machinery in the City of Streator, Illinois. The defendant, W. D. Johnson, was at that time engaged in the business of selling farm machinery.

In the month of September, 1944, an oral agreement was entered into between the plaintiff and defendant whereby plaintiff was to manufacture certain steel wagon boxes designed by the defendant and defendant was to sell them to…