J. B. Colt Co. v. Elam

J. B. Colt Company, a corporation, sued R. F. Elam for the purchase price of an acetylene gas generating and lighting plant. This writ of error was awarded to a judgment in favor of the defendant.

On November 22, 1918, one Gore and R. R. Cole, representatives of J. B. Colt Company, approached R. F. Elam, of Baskerville, Virginia, and solicited his order. Elam signed an order on that day for an acetylene gas generating and lighting outfit and accessories, offering to pay therefor $347.35 f. o. b. factory. The order contained, among other provisions', the following:

“This order shall become a…