Herington

Plaintiff: is a building contractor and was engaged in that business during the year 1911. Defendant corporation was at the same time engaged in the business of conducting a milling establishment and furnishing sash, dnors, screens, glass, and other building accessories. Plaintiff, intending to offer a bid upon a contract to construct a certain apartment house, requested of the defendant that it furnish to him an estimate of the cost of screens and cabinet work, sash, doors, et cetera, which would be required in the construction of that building. The vice-president of defendant, who acted generally as its manager, informed plaintiff that a solicitor of' -defendant named Stum would see him, and subsequently Stum brought to the plaintiff an offer under the printed bill-head of defendant. This document was typewritten, except that it bore in the lower left-hand corner thereof the name of one Thompson, written in longhand. Thompson, it appeared by the evidence, was a man specially employed as an estimator or calculator. After receiving this proposal, plaintiff proceeded to make his bid for the building contract, and was awarded the work, being the lowest bidder. Some days later he…