Woldert v. Arledge

PLEASANTS, AssoOiate Justice.

The appellant brought suit against the appellee for damages on account of breach of contract. Plaintiff was engaged at Tyler, Texas, in the commission and brokerage business, and the defendant, S. C. Arledge, was a grocer at Crockett, Texas.

On the 10th of November, 1890, Arledge addressed Woldert a postal card, asking for prices of bacon for February and March delivery, and on same day Woldert, in reply to the postal, wired Arledge as follows: “ February, short clear bacon, 6 cents; March, 7.5 cents; all loose; f. o. b. Kansas City; margin, cent per pound. Quick…