Beck & Gregg Hardware Co. v. Hale Hardware Co.

This was a suit for the purchase-price of 25 cultivators at $6 each. The defendant admitted giving an order for such articles on March 15, 1920, and their shipment and arrival at destination on March 3, 1921, .but denied liability, on the ground of its refusal of the shipment because of unreasonable delay in delivery, and alleged that it had merely stored the articles for the use of the plaintiff, subject to its order. There was evidence of such rejection and storage. The written order signed by the defendant, while specifying the quantity of cultivators ordered, omitted any reference to the…