52 Mo. App. 263 | Mo. Ct. App. | 1893
— We have substantially adopted the statement of the case as made by plaintiffs, and, from that statement of the issues between the parties and of the legal questions involved in connection with the action of the court thereon, are of the opinion that the judgment should be affirmed.
The plaintiffs contend that the court erred in construing their letter to defendant as an offer of cancellation. "We think not. The portion of the letter necessary to notice follows a lengthy complaint of defendant’s action under the contract, and is of the following purport (italics, ours): “Tn conclusion, we would say that if you hold such opinions as stated in your letter, it is much better that our mutual transactions should cease. There is no reason, whatever, why we should lose anything by this car. We, therefore, add interest to our new bill against you for the car. Formerly our business relations together have been very pleasant, and if things can continue in their accustomed way we should be very glad to trade again with you, but not otherwise. ”
To this the defendant made the following answer: “So far as your relations with me ceasing, that is dll right. I will load the car for Laredo, in fact, the car may now be loaded, for all I know, and that can end our business relations, as you so wish. I wrote you over a week since for billing for unfilled orders, and, as you do not send them, will cancel same.” We regard plaintiffs’ letter as a proposition for cancellation and defendant’s answer as an acceptance. And in this connection will state that it was proper for the court to
So far as we are advised by this record it was proper to admit evidence as to custom in relation to contracts like the one involved herein. No evidence is presented to us by the abstract. No objections to testimony appear. The fact that appellants have set out in their brief matters which they state were admitted to have been proven, or, if not admitted, conclusively proven, cannot dispense with the necessity of objections to testimony and exceptions taken to the overruling of such objections, in order that we may notice them.
We can discover no error at the trial and, therefore, affirm the judgment.