142 Wis. 18 | Wis. | 1910
There is no ambiguity about the order except that it fails to state the name of the party from whom the goods were ordered. The order was filled by the National Medical Company and an invoice of the goods corresponding therewith was mailed to defendant and he accepted the goods and placed them on his shelves for sale, so that the ambiguity referred to was removed by the parties themselves.
The order in question, coupled with the acceptance thereof, constituted a written contract. Schultz v. Coon, 51 Wis. 416, 8 N. W. 285; Wiener v. Whipple, 53 Wis. 298, 10 N. W. 433; McQuaid v. Ross, 77 Wis. 470, 46 N. W. 892. By such contract the defendant agreed to pay the purchase price of the goods listed therein within ninety days from August 1, 1906. The defendant seeks to relieve himself from liability by showing a parol agreement with the agent who took the order, to the effect that defendant should be called upon to pay for only so much of the goods as he sold, and that he might return the unsold portion thereof at any time. The
The respondent further contends that no -recovery can be had because the plaintiff’s assignor, the National Medical Company, was a foreign corporation and bad not complied with the provisions of sec. 1770&, Stats. (1898), when the contract was made. The order was procured by an agent representing the corporation and was forwarded to it and filled, and the goods called for by the order were shipped from the vendor in Iowa to the vendee in Wisconsin. Transactions involving a physical transfer of merchandise from the possession and title of an owner in one state to the possession and ownership of a purchaser in another are interstate. The soliciting of the order for such goods is but an inherent
Tbe notice of entry of judgment in this case was served on November 1, 1907. The notice of appeal, together with an undertaking thereon, was served on October 29, 1909. The undertaking was' executed by tbe United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company,-a foreign corporation, and was not accompanied with any certificate from tbe commissioner of insurance showing that it was authorized to transact tbe business of suretyship in Wisconsin at tbe time the undertaking was signed. On January 24, 1910, tbe respondent served on tbe attorneys for tbe appellant a notice of motion to dismiss tbe appeal because no sufficient undertaking was given or filed on said appeal. Such motion was beard at the time tbe case was orally argued, and upon such argument tbe appellant was permitted to file a certified copy of a certificate of authority issued to tbe surety and authorizing it to transact a surety business in tbe state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1909, to March 1, 1910.
See. 3052, Stats. (1898), requires the execution of an undertaking for costs by two sureties in order to render an appeal effectual for any purpose. Sec. 3065, Stats. (1898), provides that such undertaking shall be of no effect unless tbe sureties justify in a manner provided therein. See. 1966 — 33, Stats. (1898), empowers surety companies authorized to do business in Wisconsin to execute undertakings like tbe one in question. Sec. 1966 — 34, Stats. (1898), provides, among other things, that tbe certificate of the insurance commissioner, or a certified copy thereof, as to tbe authority of tbe surety company to transact business, shall be equivalent to tbe justification required of sureties by law. In Johnston v. Northwestern L. S. Ins. Co. 107 Wis. 337, 83 N. W. 641,
We conclude that under the decisions cited the appellant might properly be allowed to supply the certificate in question even after the time had expired within which to take the appeal.
By the Court. — The motion to dismiss the appeal is denied with $10 costs in favor of the respondent, the same to be offset against the costs taxed in favor of the appellant. The judgment appealed from is reversed, and the cause is remanded with directions to enter judgment oni the verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant for the amount due upon the first cause of action stated in the complaint.