Bowles v. Billik

Al H. Bowles operates a business in Spokane under the name of the Bowles Furniture and Home Appliances. Herman Billik, with two partners in New York City, is the active manager of sales by mail of the Nation-Wide Furniture Distributors.

On January 21, 1946, Billik sold to Bowles a carload of secondhand furniture for approximately $3,000, of which $1,280 was paid prior to shipment of the furniture. On January 29, 1946, the First National Bank of Spokane notified Bowles that it had received a sight draft, with bill of lading attached, for $1,618.03, drawn by Billik’s firm. Bowles paid the draft…