Corcoran v. Lehigh & Franklin Coal Co.

Appellant, having received from appellee a proposition for the sale of coal to him, made the following reply:

“ Chicago, August 20, 1886.

The Lehigh & Franklin Coal Company,

79 Franklin Street, City.

Gentlemen: I accept the proposition you made to me in your communication of the 31st ult., of which the following is a verbatim copy, “lie plying to your inquiry for prices on coal we beg to name yon as follows: 3,000 tons of grate at $4.15 per ton of 2,000 pounds alongside; 2,000 tons of small egg at $4.15 per ton of 2,000 pounds alongside; 4,500 tons of stove at $4.40 per ton of 2,000 pounds…