Vick

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of involuntary nonsuit. For convenience the parties will be designated here as in the court below.

For some years prior to 1918 the plaintiffs had been ■ extensive dealers in Ford automobiles in the state of Oregon, with retail agencies at Salem and Eugene. In June of that year the plaintiff George Yick visited Dear-born, Mich., with a view of obtaining from the defendant Ford & Son a distributing agency for the state of Oregon for farm tractors, commonly called Fordsons. As a result of this visit Ford & Son addressed a letter to the plaintiff George Yick, under date of June 27, 1918, wherein it offered to ship 1,000 .Fordson tractors to the plaintiffs for distribution in Oregon at a,price of $750 f. o. b. Dearborn, collectible by drafts attached to order bills of lading. The letter further stated that the plaintiffs agreed to accept these tractors during the year beginning July 1, 1918, and to furnish shipping instructions in carload lots of 4 or 7 tractors each. “It is understood that the above arrangements may be canceled at any time, with or without cause, by notice to either party by registered mail.” By a second letter bearing…