Pacific Factor Co. v. Adler

This is an action upon a contract to recover liquidated damages.

The portions of plaintiff’s complaint necessary to consider in the decision of this cause are: —

“That plaintiff is a corporation, incorporated in this state for the purpose of conducting and carrying on the business of buying, selling, and otherwise dealing in *114goods, wares, and merchandise, either in its own behalf or as agent for others on commission; that on the sixteenth day of May, 1888, in consideration of one dollar, defendant entered into an agreement, in writing, with plaintiff, whereby he agreed to give it (plaintiff)…