John Meeter & Sons v. Paragould Wholesale Grocer Co.

Appellant (a corporation) is engaged in the business, at or near Lansing, Illinois, of producing for sale and selling onion sets and other vegetable seeds, and it entered into a contract in writing with appellee, a dealer in merchandise at Paragould, Arkansas, for the sale of eight hundred bushels of onion sets of different varieties. The contract was, signed by both parties, and specified the price, and also specified the terms of payment in the following language: “Net cash, f. o. b. Lansing, Illinois.” The contract also stated the date when the shipment was to be made. There was no other…