Louisville Asphalt Varnish Co. v. Lorick

Citations

• 29 S.C. 533
• 2 L.R.A. 212
• 8 S.E. 8
• 1888 S.C. LEXIS 165

Syllabus

<p>Under verbal instructions from defendant, plaintiff’s salesman sent a written order to plaintiff to ship to defendant a certain amount of paint, exceeding fifty dollars’ worth, at a stated price, payable in sixty days. The goods -were accordingly shipped, after which plaintiff received a letter signed by defendant, saying: “Don’t ship paint ordered through your salesman; we have concluded not to handle it.” Held, that the two papers taken together, constituted a sufficient memorandum in writing signed by defendant, to charge him with a contract of sale.</p>