P. J. Lawrence Lumber Co. v. Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

This action was brought to recover the purchase price of a carload of lumber. The judgment below was for the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed.

The petition is in the usual form. The answer contains a general denial, and, in addition, pleads that on February 16, 1917, the defendant ordered from P.J. Lawrence, an individual doing business as P.J. Lawrence Lumber Company, four carloads of lumber; that the said P.J. Lawrence agreed to sell and deliver said four carloads of lumber to the defendant at St. Louis, Mo., at an agreed price; that said P.J. Lawrence failed…