Solter v. Leedom & Worrell Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore, in bankruptcy; John C. Rose, Judge. In the matter of the Charles Wacker Company, bankrupt. From the District Court decree (244 Fed. 483), reversing the referee’s order disallowing claims of the Leedom & Worrell Company and others, the trustees, George A. Solter and another, appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
Tn the course of the bankruptcy of the Charles Wacker Company, the District Court held, contrary to the contention of the trustee, that the following instrument constituted a contract sufficiently definite to hind the bankrupt for damages for its breach.
“A. E. Kidwell & Company, Canned floods Brokers, 125 Cheapside, Baltimore, Md.
“’Sold to J. M. Radford Gro. Co., Abilene, Tex., for account of the Chas. Wacker Co., Baltimore, Md.:
“4,000 c/s No. 2 Wacker’s Best Brand future 1916 packed standard tomatoes, in sanitary tins....... .60 per doz.
“1,000 c/s No. 3 Wacker’s Best…
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