Postell v. Joseph Brothers Lumber Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Thomson

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs are lumber manufacturers located in the State of Georgia. The defendant corporation is a dealer in lumber, located in the city of Chicago. The defendant company ordered a quantity of lumber of the plaintiffs, to be delivered to John Griffiths & Sons Company, as consignee, at Philadelphia, at a price of $49 per thousand feet board measure. This was covered by two orders, numbered 2675 and 2716, which orders were accepted by the plaintiffs and they commenced shipment of the lumber as called for. The plaintiffs…