{ "id": 5113805, "name": "Beldam et al. v. Lewisohn et al.", "name_abbreviation": "Beldam v. Lewisohn", "decision_date": "1893-04-19", "docket_number": "", "first_page": "47", "last_page": "51", "citations": [ { "type": "official", "cite": "51 Ill. App. 47" } ], "court": { "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.", "id": 8837, "name": "Illinois Appellate Court" }, "jurisdiction": { "id": 29, "name_long": "Illinois", "name": "Ill." }, "cites_to": [ { "cite": "115 Ill. 544", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 2875777 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/115/0544-01" ] }, { "cite": "109 Ill. 46", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 2854735 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/109/0046-01" ] } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 418, "char_count": 7043, "ocr_confidence": 0.49, "pagerank": { "raw": 4.03580807328026e-08, "percentile": 0.15543975729859155 }, "sha256": "fefe33f3ff9b7221c9fc5e1b420994cb3ad8e5627040faf08088064cce8a2023", "simhash": "1:5254959fe0b92e8f", "word_count": 1279 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T18:36:15.137575+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "Beldam et al. v. Lewisohn et al." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "Hr. Justice G-ary\ndelivered the opinion of the Court.\nHovember 15, 1889,- one W. H. Sills applied to the appellants to order through him, as a broker, goods from appellees. Sills testified that he had his authority to sell from one Parker, from whom he was to receive ten per cent commission. Other evidence showed that he was to divide this commission with the appellants.\nThe appellants gave to Sills the same day, two orders, as follows:\n\u201c Office of the H. A. Richardson Co.\nManufacturers of Pieced, Stamped, and Japanned Tinwares, Hardware Specialties, 75 and 77 Lake Street.\nChicago, Hov. 15, 1889.\nW. H. Sills:\nDear Sir: Please order for us the following, to be shipped one-third in thirty days; one-third in sixty days; one-third in ninety days:\n600, 10J x 18f oval copper flat bottoms; 3,000, lOf- x 21 oval copper flat bottoms; 3,000, 12 x 22f oval copper flat bottoms; 1,500 Ho. 7 round pit 9-\u00a1- inch bottoms; 3,000 Ho. 8 round pit 10-f- inch bottoms; 600 Ho. 9 round pit 11-} inch, bottoms; 2,000 6\u00a3 inch circles. All to be not heavier than 11 oz. copper, price 24 cts. per lb. with 7^ per' cent off.\n' 150 13\u00a3 x 23f oblong square; 100 12 x 22 oblong square. 14 oz. copper, price 22 cts. 7-| per cent off, Chicago delivery.\n600 104 inch circles; 300 114 inch circles; 1,800 44 inch circles. 11 oz. same as above, at 24 cts.\nThe above price of 22 and 24 to be guaranteed against a decline in the market. If a decline, we to still have the advantage of the 74 per cent.\nThe M. A.- Richardsost Co.\n\u201c Office of the M. A. Richaedsoh Co.,\nManufacturers of Pieced, Stamped and Japanned Tinwares, Hardware Specialties, 75 and 77 Lake Street.\nChicago, \u00a1Nov, 15, 1889.\n\u201cW. H. Sills:\nDear Sir\u2014Please order for us: Six cases 14 x 48 cold, rolled bright copper, 12 oz., at 24 cents, 8 cents for retinning and 74 per cent off, to be shipped same as other order of copper of this date.\u201d\nSills the same day left at Parker\u2019s office (he being out) an order prepared by himself, as follows:\n\u201c Please send press copy of all shipments on this order, inserting the number.\nOrder Ho. 1,029. Chicago, 11 - 15 - \u201989.\nW. H. Sills.\nSold for Messrs. Lewisohn Bros.\nSold to the M. A. Richardson Co., Chicago, Ill.\nTerms,-. -Commission.\nPlease ship me one-third of my order as below in thirty days, one-third in sixty days, and one-third in ninety days : 600 only, 10J x 18f oval copper flat bottoms, 11 oz.; 3,000 only, 10f x 21 oval copper flat bottoms, 11 oz.; 3,000 only, 12 x 22f oval copper flat bottoms, 11 oz.; 1,500 Ho. 7, round pit, 94 inch copper flat bottoms, 11 oz.; 3,000 Ho. 8, round pit, 104 inch flat bottoms, 11 oz.; 600 Ho. 9, round pit, 114 inch flat bottoms, 11 oz.; 2,000 64 inch circles, 11 oz.; 600 104 inch circles, 11 oz.; 300 114 inch circles, 11 oz.; 1,800 64 inch circles, 11 oz.; 150 134 x 23f, oblong square, 14 oz.; 100 12 x 23, oblong square, 14 oz.;, 6 cases 14 x 48 C. R., bright copper, 12 oz. Prices guaranteed.\u201d\nThere is nothing to show directly that Parker ever saw the latter order, or that it ever came to the appellees, but the fact is that, with no other communication with either Sills or the appellants, the appellees sent to the appellants the six cases, constituting the second order by the appellants and the last item on the order by Sills. As Sills kept the orders of appellants, and left at Parker\u2019s office only the order made by himself, it is the fair\u2014indeed, the only legitimate\u2014-inference, that the- appellees sent the goods which they did send, upon Sills\u2019 order.\nThe only evidence of the authority of Parker, is this extract from a letter from the appellees to the appellants:\n\u201cWe have not been selling any goods through Mr. Sills\u2014 we do not know him, have never seen him, and have never authorized him to sell anything for us. We employed a young man by the name of Parker. The only sale which he reported to us, as made to you, we have completely filled, and on receipt of this order we immediately notified you of its acceptance, sent it to our mill, and thus executed the entire and only order we received.\u201d\nThere is no extrinsic evidence of the truth of any of the statements in that letter.\nNow it is certain, considering only the evidence in this record, that the appellants bought no goods from the appellees, except upon, the terms of the order left by Sills at Parker\u2019s office. Nothing else is shown which could have induced the sending of any goods.\nIf the appellees accepted that .order, they must take it as it is\u2014all or none. If Parker did not report the whole of it, his default is theirs; he was their agent. So far as concerns the appellants, the sending of the goods upon an order left with Parker, is the same as sending them upon an order delivered to the appellees personally.\nThe appellees sued for goods sold and delivered; the appellants sought by pleas and evidence to recoup the damages they had sustained by (the refusal of the appellees to fill the whole order and the rise in copper. The pleas were useless; recoupment is under the general issue. Wadhams v. Swan, 109 Ill. 46; Tully v. Excelsior, 115 Ill. 544.\nThe court struck out all of the appellants\u2019 evidence and rendered judgment for the full amount of the appellees\u2019 claim.\nThe very voluminous brief of the appellees contains a good deal of harsh language, which reads well, but is not convincing.\nThey report the judge below as saying, \u201cI think, having taken the last item in the order and filled it, if they received it as a whole, they would be bound by it, and the defendant would be entitled to recoup whatever damages he sustained.\u201d\nWe.agree to that, and only differ from him by holding that as the evidence shows no reason why the appellees sent any goods to the appellants, other than that an order for those sent and those not sent, was left at the office of their agent, it must be inferred that such as were sent, were in acceptance of the order for the whole.\nThe judgment will be reversed and the cause remanded.\nWaterman, J.; dissents.", "type": "majority", "author": "Hr. Justice G-ary" } ], "attorneys": [ "E. A. Aborn and H. T. & L. Helm, attorneys for appellants.", "Hoses, Pam & Kennedy, attorneys for appellees." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "Beldam et al. v. Lewisohn et al.\n1. Vendor and Vendee\u2014Partial Acceptance of Order\u2014Recoupment .\u2014 Where a party ordered from an agent a quantity of merchandise, and the principal filled only a portion of the order, by shipping a portion of the merchandise, it was held, that as he received the order as a whole, he would be bound to fill it as a whole, and in an action to recover the price of the quantity shipped, the defendant might recoup whatever damages he sustained by reason of the plaintiff\u2019s failure to fill the entire order.\n2. Recoupment\u2014Under the General Issue.\u2014Damages may be recouped under the general issue. Special pleas are not necessary.\nMemorandum.\u2014Assumpsit. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Thomas Gr. Windes, Judge, presiding. Trial by the court; finding and judgment for plaintiff; defendant appeals. Heard in this court at the March term, 1893.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed April 19, 1893.\nThe opinion states the case.\nE. A. Aborn and H. T. & L. Helm, attorneys for appellants.\nHoses, Pam & Kennedy, attorneys for appellees." }, "file_name": "0047-01", "first_page_order": 43, "last_page_order": 47 }