Gaston, Williams & Wigmore of Canada, Ltd. v. Warner

The parties to this action on December 11, 1916, in New York City, entered into a contract, the essential terms of which appear in the following letter from petitioner to respondent:

'“Referring to our conversation this afternoon, I beg to advise that you are authorized to offer the steamer Eskasoni ’ for sale for four hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, $475,000.

“Details as to terms of payment, transfer of steamer, etc., can be talked over when you have purchasers.”

Respondent was a citizen of the State of New York and a resident of New York City. Petitioner was a foreign corporation,…