Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. Rolfe

Rolfe was engaged in cutting and shipping logs, and had a quantity of them at Widener and Proctor stations on appellant’s line of railroad. Darnall wanted to purchase them delivered on board the cars at these stations, and Rolfe was not willing to enter into the contract until he had assurances that he could get the cars for the shipments. Ward, representing Darnall, went to see the traffic manager of the appellant at Little Rock about the matter, and explained the situation, and he told Ward to make the contract, and the cars would be furnished. Rolfe saw the agent at Forrest City, and he…