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  "name": "Frank A. Vickers, trading as F. A. Vickers & Company, Appellee, v. W. W. Vaughan Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Vickers v. W. W. Vaughan Co.",
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    "parties": [
      "Frank A. Vickers, trading as F. A. Vickers & Company, Appellee, v. W. W. Vaughan Company, Appellant."
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      "Helmer, Moulton, Whitman & Whitman, for appellant; Paul Eeighard, of counsel.",
      "Culver, Andrews & King, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Frank A. Vickers, trading as F. A. Vickers & Company, Appellee, v. W. W. Vaughan Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 22,685.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John Stelk, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.\nReversed and judgment here.\nOpinion filed March 12, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction of attachment by Frank A. Vickers, trading as F. A.' Vickers & Co., plaintiff, against W. W. Vaughan Company, defendant, based upon an open account for commissions as agent for the procuring of purchasers for the sale of merchandise, claiming $107. From a judgment for plaintiff for $101.15, defendant appeals.\nThe defendant was a nonresident. It admitted as due and tendered and paid into court $31.25. The merchandise in question was tomato catsup, for which the plaintiff procured an order, accepted by the defendant, from a customer \u201csubject to approval of sample of 1915 pack.\u201d The customer rejected the sample as unsatisfactory, and the order was canceled by the defendant. The plaintiff was defendant\u2019s agent in the sale of its products on commission to be paid on orders on which the goods were shipped out, but not on those canceled or not filled.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Saxes, \u00a7 141 \u2014when \"buyer purchasing subject to approval of sample may reject sample. In a sale of goods subject to the buyer\u2019s approval of sample, it is not necessary that the buyer have some reasonable ground for finding the sample unsatisfactory.\n2. Sax.es, \u00a7 141*\u2014when judgment of buyer is conclusive in sale subject to approval of sample of goods. In a sale subject to approval of sample of goods of a kind where the peculiar tastes and requirements of the trade are to be considered, held that the judgment of the buyer must be conclusive.\n3. Principal, and agent, \u00a7.69*\u2014when agent not entitled to commissions. Where an agent for the sale of his principal\u2019s goods was by his contract to receive commissions on orders shipped and not on those canceled or not filled, held that he would not be entitled to a commission on a sale made subject to approval of sample, where the buyer rejected the sample as unsatisfactory and the principal canceled the order.\nHelmer, Moulton, Whitman & Whitman, for appellant; Paul Eeighard, of counsel.\nCulver, Andrews & King, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, gamo topic and section number."
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