J. B. Colt Co. v. Watson

Trial by jury, verdict and judgment for defendant in a suit brought by the plaintiff for the purchase price of an acetylene generator. Several defenses were set up in the answer: First, a question of fact concerning an acceptance of the contract not involved here. Second, a question of fact concerning whether the plant was delivered in reasonable time; .the written contract setting no date of delivery fixed by law the time written, a reasonable time. Third, a charge that plain tiff was a foreign corporation doing business in Missouri in violation of section 9792, Revised Statutes 1919. The…