Western Metals Co v. Hartman Ingot Metal Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the First Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph B. David, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Thompson
November 2, 1918, the president of plaintiff in error and the president of defendant in error met by chance in the office of a mutual acquaintance in Cleveland, Ohio. Plaintiff in error is a dealer in scrap metal in that city and defendant in error is a manufacturer of ingot brass in Chicago. There was some talk there regarding a sale by the former to the latter of a quantity of scrap brass. Following this conversation plaintiff in error sent to defendant in error a confirmation of a sale upon a printed blank. This confirmation reads:
“Confirmation.
The Western Metals Company.
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