Curry v. Boeckeler Lumber Co.

* Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Contracts, 13CJ, section 607, p. 592, n. 15; section 608, p. 593, n. 28; section 626, p. 602, n. 51; Sales, 35Cyc, p. 129, n. 77, 79. This is an action to recover damages for the breach of a contract for the sale of four carloads of lumber. The trial with a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2716.80.

Plaintiff is engaged in the lumber business in the city of Chicago, and defendant is engaged in a like business in the city of St. Louis. On August 27, 1926, plaintiff sent defendant an order for lumber as follows:

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