Rugg v. Davis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. H. M. Laws, Judge, presiding. The appellee commenced this action against the appellants to recover damages for not accepting and paying for grain alleged to have been purchased of him. by them. The defense was no contract.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. H. M. Laws, Judge, presiding. The appellee commenced this action against the appellants to recover damages for not accepting and paying for grain alleged to have been purchased of him. by them. The defense was no contract. The defendants below were grain dealers in Peoria, and wrote to the appellee, a dealer in grain at Blandinsville, the following letter: Peobia, Ill., January 24, 1882. J. M. Davis, Blandinsville, Illinois. Will give you usual terms at your station, January or February shipments. Peoria weights and inspection. Hew Ho.…
1Opinion of the CourtPillsbuey, J.
The evidence of the contract between these parties is contained in the letter of Bugg and Bryan of Jan uary 24th and the telegram of Davis of the next day. The subsequent negotiations related to differences which had arisen between them concerning the places cf delivery of the grain as understood by the parties, and never resulted in any final agreement.
Stated most favorably for appellee, the offer of the appellants was to purchase from him certain kinds and grades of grain at the prices named, delivered on the track at Biaudinsville, subject to Peoria weights and inspection, all over ten…
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