Beardsley v. Davis

By the Court, Marvin, J.

The plaintiffs were partners, doing business as maltsters in the city of Buffalo; and the defendants were partners doing business in Philadelphia, as factors and produce commission merchants. It is alleged in the complaint that the defendants, in January, 1866, solicited of the plaintiffs the shipment to them of malt for sale, &c. and undertook and promised the plaintiffs that whatever shipment of malt the plaintiffs should make to them, they, as such factors and produce commission merchants, would receive the same and store it and pay all expenses of handling, bagging…