Stannard v. Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing MacHine Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City (Bond, J.). The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtStockbridge, J.
In the year 1911 Harry Stannard was the local manager in the City of Baltimore of the Holmes Electric Protective Company, a corporation having its main office in the City of Xew York. Iu July of that year that company received a letter over the signature of “Wilcox & Gibbs S. M. Go.; B. G. Best, Mgr.,” which read as follows:
"Gentlemen:
On July 15th, 1910, Mrs. H. S. Stannard, wife of your local manager here, purchased from us, on the instalment plan, a sewing machine valued at $60. After paying four months’ instalments, they declined to make any further payments, and requested us to remove the…
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