Elliott Supply Co. v. Ross
Elliott Supply Co. v. Ross
Opinion of the Court
This is an action for tlhie recovery of the purchase price of a consignment of merchandise, consisting principally of tableware. The verdict and judgment were for defendant, and plaintiff appeal's-.
The comb: act or order under which, sa-i-d' merchandise was s-hlipped to defendant i-s -in writing, arid- in order to get a, clear understanding of' the matters' .presented on- this appeal it is necessary to -set out the (contract, except the items enumerated, in full. The contract is as follows:
“Read this contract carefully.
“The (amount of this order is $180.00. [Here follows a list -of the articles s-old, a fewi of iwhi-ch are designated as ‘Rogers Bros. 1847 and a greater number of ■whi-ch- are -designated as ‘E. S. Co. 19,35.'’]
“We guarantee this entire order for twenty years.
“Warranty: Any article which is not exactly asi represented! may be r-etarn-ed- to us and we ¡will replace same With a new article without charge, regardiles-si of cost iof the article.”
The goods were shipped to defendant, but upon examination thereof hie claimed ¡they were hot as represented when he- placed tine .arder with .plaintiff's agent, and rdfusedl to aicoe.pt them, and after some correspondence -shipped them, back to -plaintiff. It appears from the evidence that the order was taken by a traveling salesman of the plaintiff clomp-any, anidl it also appears that the contract or order had been prepared ini -advance and that the transaction, from the beginning, was for the sale of all the articles therein 'enumerated in a single lot or -consign'ment.
Alt the trial, -the defendant testified that when plaintiff’s agent (icine Clifford) -Came to ihiisi place of business- he announced thlab he was selling Rogers Bros. 1847 bra-mdl of silverware; that in reply to a query h-y -defendant said Clifford fold! defendant that- the initial letters “E. S. Co.” where they appear in the contract ,(Stood: for Elliott Supply Company; that said order was for $180 worth of Rogers Bros. 1847 brand of silverware, and nothing else; that the articles' designated as E. -S'. Cb. were goods made especially for the Elliott Supply Company. Defendant
The judgment and! order appealed from' are affirmed.
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