Benton Grain Co. v. Reger

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This is an action by the Benton Grain Company, with main office in Kansas City, Mo., and branch office in Dodge *736City, Kan., to recover damages of defendants Reger & Young, grain dealers at Kinsley, Kan., for breach of a contract to sell and deliver plaintiff 10,000 bushels of wheat.

Plaintiff alleges the contract was made by conversation over the long-distance telephone on June 29, 1929, and confirmed immediately thereafter by letters mailed defendants from the branch office and the main office, under the general and well-established…