Lawrence Canning Co. v. H. D. Lee Mercantile Co.

This was an action brought by the

Ijawrence Canning Company against the H. D. Lee Mercantile Company to recover damages for the refusal of the latter Company to accept, and pay for, a car of canned tomatoes. The plaintiff Canning Company was engaged in the manufacture of canned goods at Lawrence, and the defendant was a wholesale grocer at Salina, Kan. September 27, 1890, the Lee Mercantile Company purchased of plaintiff one thousand dozen canned tomatoes for the price of $1.09 per dozen, delivered at Salina; delivery was to be made about November 1. On November 6, 1890, the defendant…