Howe Sewing-Machine Co. v. Rosensteel

Conceding that the relationship between the Howe Sewing-machine Company and T. T. Wherry was not that of principal and agent, it still remains to be determined whether the agreement of February 11, 1884, established between them anything more than a personal relation which the death of the latter dissolved. This is the controlling question. The agreement recites that the company has sold to Wherry 100 Howe sewing-machines for $2,500, and received in settlement his 11 specified notes, running from 6 to 16 months; the company stipulating to accept, on or before the maturity of said notes, the…