Rice Co. v. Roberts

Maxwell, Judge :

This is a writ of error to a judgment for $250.00 in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant upon a directed verdict in the circuit court of Fayette County.

The plaintiff, E. L. Rice & Company, of Detroit, Michigan, sells jewelry at wholesale through the instrumentality of traveling salesmen. The defendants, E. L. Roberts and H. A. Carper, conduct a retail store under the name of the Men’s Shop, at Mount Hope, in said county. Through the solicitation of W. H. Duvall, a representative of the plaintiff, an order for a quantity of jewelry was placed by the defendants with…