Ladies Tailoring Co. v. Brown
Ladies Tailoring Co. v. Brown
Opinion of the Court
By this writ of error plaintiff seeks reversal of a judgment rendered by the circuit court of Kanawha county on the 10th of September, 1914, reversing a judgment rendered in its favor, by the intermediate court of Kanawha county, and setting aside the verdict of a jury and dismissing plaintiff’s action.
The action is on an account for merchandise sold and delivered to defendant, and was begun before a justice of the peace, and later appealed to the intermediate court. Plaintiff is an Ohio corporation, doing business in the city of Cincinnati. On the 4th of April, 1912, it telegraphed defendant in Charleston, West Virginia, as follows: “Do you want about twenty Spring suits, six dollars, subject to previous sale. Wire?” And on the same day defendant replied by letter as follows: “Replying to your wire of even date, will say, — you may ship us the 20' suits at $5.00 or will
On the 15th of May plaintiff replied to this letter, declining to accept the goods returned, and requested defendant to notify the express company to recall them. This he declined to do, and refused to pay the bill which plaintiff had, previous to that time, rendered for $115, charging $5 each for the suits, and $5 for each of the three dresses. The judgment of the intermediate court was for $105.
The telegram and letter in reply to it, of April 4, 1912, followed by an immediate shipment of the goods and the rendering of the bill therefor at $5 per suit, unquestionably prove a contract of sale for the twenty spring suits, but not for the three dresses which were not ordered and which seem not to be included in the judgment. That defendant was bound to accept and pay for the twenty spring suits, if they were of the kind and quality ordered, there is no room for doubt. The contract so bound him. Whether the suits were of the kind and quality ordered was a question for the jury to
The action of the court in refusing to give certain instructions asked for by. defendant, and in giving certain others at the request of plaintiff, is complained of. We have carefully examined these instructions and do not find any error in the rulings of the trial court. They involve only well established and familiar principles relating to sales. It does not appear that there was any trial had in the circuit court, and why it reversed the judgment of the intermediate court and dismissed plaintiff’s action, without a<trial, does not appear. No brief is filed for defendant and the case was not orally argued.
The judgment of the circuit court will be reversed, and an order entered here affirming the judgment of the intermediate court of Kanawha county.
Reversed and rendered.
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