Humphry
Humphry v. Farmers Union & Milling Co.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Ellison, J.
Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for' the alleged breach of contract in and by which it was claimed that defendant agreed to sell to it eighty thousand pounds of recleaned pink beans.at the price of $6.35 per hundred pounds F. O. B. Stockton, California. After trial the court found that the contract was executed, as alleged in the complaint, and that the defendant neglected and refused to deliver the beans as therein contracted to be delivered to the damage of the plaintiff in the sum of $550, and entered judgment .against the defendant for that amount. The defendant appeals from the judgment.
The contract, if one was made, resulted from certain telegrams passing between the plaintiff and defendant.
For a reversal the defendant and appellant relies upon three propositions: First, that the telegrams did not constitute an agreement; second, that the seller was entitled to be paid at Stockton, and third, that if the place of delivery was Evansville, Indiana, damages should have been based upon the price at which respondent could have bought equivalent beans in markets nearest Evansville, Indiana, and not at Stockton.
[1] I. We are of opinion that a fair…