Staackman, Horschitz & Co. v. Cary
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Oscar M. Torrison, Judge, presiding. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
Plaintiffs, Staackman, Horschitz & Company, were dealers in linseed cake at Antwerp. Defendant Cary was a broker dealing in such cake at Chicago. He had made twenty or thirty sales of the cake to plaintiffs at a price “to cover cost, insurance and freight, shipping the same c. i. f. Antwerp. ’ ’ March 7,1913, defendant telegraphed plaintiffs in code: “Please make us firm offer P. W.” (prime western linseed cake) “cif Antwerp 500 T. March or first half April,” and telegraphed a similar request March 8th. March 13th plaintiffs at Antwerp telegraphed in code an offer to defendant in Chicago as…
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