Wanee
Wanee v. Thomas
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Plummer, J.
On or about the fifteenth day of February, 1922, plaintiff being the owner of some 6,000 sacks of rice, agreed to sell the same to the defendants for the sum of $2.41 per hundred pounds, subject to grading, rice to be delivered f. o. b. cars at Proberta station, in the county of Tehama. The rice was all piled or stored in a barn belonging to the plaintiff situate in the county above mentioned about a mile and a half distant from Proberta station. At the time of the entering into the contract relative to the sale of the said rice, the sum of $4,000 was' paid on account thereof. During the course of delivery $10,000 additional was paid, and on or about March 10th, upon final delivery of all of the rice, the balance of the purchase price, amounting to $6,472.79 was paid. It also appears from the transcript that at the time of the making of the agreement concerning the sale of the rice, the plaintiff also sold to the defendants certain barley stored in a warehouse for the sum of $2,858.34 and received payment therefor immediately and on said date turned over and delivered to the defendants a warehouse receipt for the portion so sold. After the transactions above referred to had been…