Donlon
Donlon v. Meyer
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Lennon, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. Defendants appeal on the judgment-roll alone and urge as grounds for a reversal of the judgment the following points, namely, that the amended complaint does not state a cause of action, and that the findings do not support either the conclusions of law or the judgment.
It appears from the record that on April 29,1915, L. Meyer & Company agreed to sell, and Donlon Brothers agreed to buy, thirty thousand grain bags at six and three-fourths cents per bag, payable on delivery, delivery to be made during the months of June, July, 1915. Up to June 30, 1915, defendants, in pursuance of the contract, had delivered to plaintiffs two thousand bags. About the middle of July, 1915, plaintiffs demanded of the defendants delivery of the remaining twenty-eight thousand bags, but defendants requested that they be allowed to deliver the remaining bags within a reasonable time after the month of July, 1915, and plaintiffs, upon the representation of defendants that the postponement would be of advantage to the defendants, orally consented to the proposed postponement. Thereafter, and up to January 22, 1916, the defendants continued to…