Blanchard v. Elmer Wood Co.

I. Appellee is a commission merchant in the city of Boston, to whom appellant, by various shipments in July and August, 1919, consigned for sale on commission 69,651 pounds of wool. Appellee’s account sales show the sale of 64,685 pounds, leaving, as appellant claims, unaccounted for, 4,966 pounds. Recovery is asked for $6,756.46, with interest. This amount is made up of advancements, commissions, and expenses of freight, insurance, transportation charges, and storage. Appellant in its answer admitted all of the items of the account, but alleged that, because of the negligent and careless…