Poole Engineering & MacHine Co. v. Jeddo-Highland Coal Co.

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

On May 18, 1923, the defendant telegraphed the plaintiff asking how soon it could ship twenty-four spur gears, catalogue numbers 3029 and 1866, twelve of each. The plaintiff replied the same day, that it could ship the gears specified in from two to three weeks if ordered at once. The next day the defendant entered its order by wire, and asked the plaintiff to ship two pairs by express at the earliest possible moment; and on May 21 confirmed the order by letter, giving explicit directions as to the size and style of gears wanted, asking for the shipment of two pairs by…