Landau v. Ohio Leather Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal form the Circuí Court of the City of St. Louis. —Hon. Rhodes E. Gave, Judge (1) A sale is a contract or agreement for the transfer of the absolute property in personalty from one person to another for a money price. P'eyck© Bros. v. Ahrens, 98 Mo.
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Appeal form the Circuí Court of the City of St. Louis. —Hon. Rhodes E. Gave, Judge (1) A sale is a contract or agreement for the transfer of the absolute property in personalty from one person to another for a money price. P'eyck© Bros. v. Ahrens, 98 Mo. App. 456, 459'. (2) A contract is ordinarily formed by an offer and acceptance. 6 R. C. L. 600. (3) A telegram or a series or telegrams signed by a party or his authorized agent, if otherwise sufficient, satisfies the requirements of the Statute of Frauds. Peycke Bros. v. Ahrens, 98 Mo. App. 456; Eideman v. Wolfstein, 12 Mo. App. 336; Greeley…
1Opinion of the Court
ALLEN J.
This is an action to recover damages for breach of a contract alleged to have been entered into between the parties whereby defendant, it is al leged, sold and agreed to deliver to plaintiff a certain quantity of hides. Plaintiff is a resident of the city of St. Louis, and the defendant is a corporation of the State of Ohio. The action was instituted by attachment, but thereafter the defendant entered its general appearance.
The petition alleges that on March 4, 1916, defendant sold to plaintiff three thousand hides, averaging certain weights, at various prices alleged, delivery to be…
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