Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co. v. Farmers Manfg. Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for breach of contract. The plaintiff is a wholesale dealer in cooperage stock. It is a Michigan corporation with offices in Detroit. The defendant is a Virginia corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing cooperage stock at Norfolk, Virginia, and elsewhere. Between January 2, 1923, and February 3, 1923, the parties entered into four separate contracts for the sale to the plaintiff of a quantity of staves and heading, aggregating 21 car loads. Five cars were shipped, two of which, the plaintiff accepted and three of which it rejected on the…