the contrary view has been taken,18 it seems to be the better view that an actual segregation or setting aside and tender of the article sold in full compliance with the terms of the contract of sale must be made by the seller; for the purpose of recovery of the price he cannot rely on acts or conduct of the buyer which would be sufficient to found a waiver of tender for the purpose of founding an action for damages for the buyer's breach of the contract.19 Thus where the contract was for the sale of a machine to be delivered to the buyer at a certain time and place, and it appeared that at the appointed time and place the buyer was shown the separate pieces of a number of machines, of identical form and size, and was told that one was designed for him, and would be put up for him if he would take it, but he refused, it was held that there was not such a tender or delivery as vested the title in the buyer so as to enable the seller to maintain an action for the price.20 So where the contract was for the sale and delivery of cord wood at the yard of the buyer, and the buyer notified the seller that he would refuse to accept any further delivery, it was held that the buyer, in order to entitle him to recover the contract price, must haul and tender delivery of the wood as near the yard of the buyer as reasonably practicable.1 Likewise where the contract, the price being a lump sum, required the seller to erect or install machinery or the like on the premises of the buyer it has been held entire and on refusal of the buyer to permit the seller to erect or install the same, though delivery was tendered and refused, the seller has been denied the right to recover the agreed price. On the other hand it has been held that one who refuses to permit the installation of apparatus which he has ordered cannot defeat an action for the price, on the theory that title has never vested in him. And it has been held, where the only thing remaining to be done by the seller of machinery, manufactured to order, was to load the same on cars to be furnished by the buyer, and the latter refused to furnish the cars, that the seller could set apart the machinery for the buyer and

18. Note: 51 L.R.A. (N.S.) 746.

19. Dwiggins v. Clark, 94 Ind. 49, 48 Am. Rep. 140; Pate v. Ralston, 158 Ia. 411, 139 N. W. 906, 51 L.R.A. (N.S.) 735; McCormick Harvesting Mach. Co. v. Balfany, 78 Minn. 370, 81 N. W. 10, 79 A. S. R. 393; Ganson v. Madigan, 15 Wis. 144, 82 Am. Dec. 659; Lincoln v. Charles Alshuler Mfg. Co., 142 Wis. 475, 125 N. W. 908, 28 L.R.A. (N.S.) 780. See also Fairbanks Co. v. Heltsley, 135 Ky. 397, 122 S. W. 198, 26 L.R.A.(N.S.) 248.

Notes: 5 L.R.A. 770; 51 L.R.A. (N.S.) 743, 746.

20. Ganson v. Madigan, 15 Wis. 144, 82 Am. Dec. 659. See also McCormick Harvesting Mach. Co. v. Balfany, 78 Minn. 370, 81 N. W. 10, 79 A. S. R. 393.

1. Webber v. Minor, 6 Bush (Ky.) 463, 99 Am. Dec. 688.

2. Butler v. Butler, 77 N. Y. 472, 33 Am. Rep. 648. See also Moline Scale Co. v. Beed, 52 Ia. 307, 35 Am. Rep. 272.

Note: 51 L.R.A. (N.S.) 743.

3. Bond v. Bourk, 54 Colo. 51, 129 Pac. 223, Ann. Cas. 1914C 581, 43 L.R.A. (N.S.) 97.

recover the contract price. The mere fact that the contract of sale contemplates that some further act is to be performed by the buyer before his acceptance of the articles sold, such as measurement or inspection or the like, has been held not to prevent the recovery of the price where the buyer refuses to perform such act.

359. Delivery to Carrier as Authorizing Action for Price.-Ordinarily when a delivery is made to a common carrier, according to the stipulation in the contract, the carrier is thereby made the agent of the buyer, and such delivery to the carrier implies an acceptance, and is prima facie sufficient to pass the title and enable the seller to maintain an action for the price as for goods sold and delivered. Still in such a case the delivery to the carrier to have such inherent effect must be in accordance with the terms of the contract. Thus where the contract requires the goods to be shipped at a certain time and the seller ships prematurely, this is not a delivery in accordance with the terms of the contract and the property remains at the risk of the seller so that in case of its accidental destruction before the time fixed for delivery the seller cannot recover the price; and as is shown above, if before the delivery to the carrier the buyer countermands his order the seller is restricted as a general rule to an action. for damages for breach of the contract and has no right thereafter to make such delivery and hold the buyer for the price."

360. Expense of Keeping Property for Buyer.-If the seller elects to retain the property as belonging to the buyer and sues for the contract price, he cannot recover of the buyer, in addition to the price, the expense incurred by him in keeping the property for the buyer.10 As has been said in such a case the election of the seller to take care of the property is often more for his own benefit, in view of the risk that the main question in dispute may be decided against him, than for the benefit of the buyer, and the attitude of the buyer, in refusing to accept the property and denying liability on his part to do so, is equivalent to an express prohibition of the keeping on his account and at his expense. If the seller wishes to avoid the expense of keeping, and at the same time to avail himself of the value of, the property he may sell under an implied agency for the buyer, and sue for

4. Smith v. Wheeler, 7 Ore. 49, 33 78 Atl. 98, 31 L.R.A. (N.S.) 942. Am. Rep. 698.

5. Note: 51 L.R.A. (N.S.) 742. 6. Arons v. Cummings, 107 Me. 19, 78 Atl. 98, 31 L.R.A. (N.S.) 942.

Note: 51 L.R.A. (N.S.) 744.

See supra, par. 304, as to when delivery to a carrier is delivery to the buyer and sufficient to vest the title in him.

7. Arons v. Cummings, 107 Me. 19,

Note: 51 L.R.A.(N.S.) 745.

8. Arons v. Cummings, 107 Me. 19, 7 Ati. 98, 31 L.R.A. (N.S.) 942 and

note.

9. See supra, par. 235.

10. Webber v. Minor, 6 Bush (Ky.) 463, 99 Am. Dec. 688; Putnam v. Glidden, 159 Mass. 47, 31 N. E. 81, 38 A. S. R. 394.

the balance above what he obtains after paying the reasonable expenses. 11

361. Interest on Price.-In case of sales on credit where default is made in the payment of the agreed price when due and payable. interest is ordinarily recoverable from such date.12 In case of a receivership, interest is not ordinarily payable during the time of the receivership.18 A sale of goods without a term of credit given is liquidated when contracted, and after the account is presented and impliedly admitted, the defendants are in default and chargeable with interest.14 Ordinarily a buyer of goods for cash, payable on delivery, is chargeable with interest from the date of the delivery, in case of nonpayment.15 And though in case of ordinary sales on credit, the price does not bear interest before it becomes due and payable, still where the sale was on the basis of a cash sale, though payment was postponed until some future uncertain event, interest on the price from the date of the sale has been held recoverable.16 So where the contract of sale fixes no date of payment it is regarded as a cash sale, price payable on delivery, and the buyer is chargeable with interest from the time of delivery, without any necessity for a demand which would be necessary to start the running of interest if the price had been payable on demand.17 Interest is recoverable on an account for goods sold from the time the amount is ascertained by the parties; 18 so where a bill of goods is furnished on a written order, and a bill of lading of the articles at once mailed to the buyer, and a draft drawn on him for the amount, which he refuses to accept, it is equivalent to a demand of payment, and the account draws interest. 19

362. Time to Sue Generally.-Where the sale is on credit no action can ordinarily be maintained for the price until the time of credit has expired, as such an action affirms and counts on the very contract

11. Putnam v. Glidden, 159 Mass. 47, 34 N. E. 81, 38 A. S. R. 394. As to the right of the seller to resell on the buyer's account, see infra, par. 376

et seq.

12. District of Columbia v. Camden Iron Works, 181 U. S. 453, 21 S. Ct. 680, 45 U. S. (L. ed.) 948; American Iron, etc., Mfg. Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Ry., 233 U. S. 261, 34 S. Ct. 502, 58 U. S. (L. ed.) 949; Foote v. Blanchard, 6 Allen (Mass.) 221, 83 Am. Dec. 624; Shawhan v. Van Nest, 25 Oh St. 490, 18 Am. Rep. 313; Computing Scales Co. v. Long, 66 S. C. 379, 44 S. E. 963, 65 L.R.A. 294.

13. See RECEIVERS, vol. 23, p. 104. 14. Cooper v. Coates, 21 Wall. 105,

22 U. S. (L. ed.) 481.

15. Atlantic Phosphate Co. v. Grafflin, 114 U. S. 492, 5 S. Ct. 967, 29 U. S. (L. ed.) 221; Foote v. Blanchard, 6 Allen (Mass.) 221, 83 Am. Dec. 624; Horn v. Hansen, 56 Minn. 43, 57 N. W. 315, 22 L.R.A. 617,

16. Parke v. Foster, 26 Ga. 465, 71 Am. Dec. 221.

17. Horn v. Hansen, 56 Minn. 43, 57 N. W. 315, 22 L.R.A. 617. See supra, par. 191, as to time of payment when no time is specified.

18. Lurton v. Gilliam, 1 Scam. (Ill.) 577, 33 Am. Dec. 430.

19. Cooper v. Coates, 21 Wall. 105, 22 U. S. (L. ed.) 481.

of sale, the time of credit included, and until the expiration of the term of credit, the obligation to pay has not matured and there can be no breach of the contract as to payment; 20 and if payment is to be made in instalments there can be no recovery except for the sum due according to the contract when the suit is commenced.1 So the mere denial of liability on the part of the buyer for the price will not entitle the seller to sue therefor before the expiration of the term of credit; otherwise if the mere denial of liability will authorize a suit before the maturity of the credit, it would bring every case of disputed contract at once to an issue, independent of the time fixed by the parties for its performance; and such a rule, it is certain, has no sanction in authority. The same is held true where the buyer refuses to accept the goods and repudiates the contract; in such a case if the seller desires to sue for the price, as he may do in some jurisdictions, his action will not lie until the expiration of the term. of credit. Where the seller elects to resell the goods on account of the buyer and hold him for the balance of the price, he cannot, where the sale was on credit, sue for such balance until the term of credit has expired. So where the seller gives credit until the buyer shall be able to ship the goods to a certain place and receive returns, he cannot maintain an action for the price thereof until sufficient time has elapsed for the returns to be received even though the goods may have been lost in the transit. A general assignment for the benefit of creditors by the buyer of goods on credit does not operate to make the debt presently due. A mere gratuitous extension of timo for payment, made after the contract was otherwise complete, will not affect the seller's right to sue. Where the contract provides

20. Bradford v. Marbury, 12 Ala. 520, 46 Am. Dec. 264; Tatum v. Ackerman, 148 Cal. 357, 113 A. S. R. 276, 7 Ann. Cas. 541, 3 L.R.A. (N.S.) 908; Parke v. Foster, 26 Ga. 465, 71 Am. Dec. 221; Freeman v. Hedrington, 204 Mass. 238, 90 N. E. 519, 17 Ann. Cas. 741; Girard v. Taggart, 5 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 19, 9 Am. Dec. 327; Foster v. Adams, 60 Vt. 392, 15 Atl. 169, 6 A. S. R. 120.

Notes: 113 A. S. R. 281; 3 L.R.A. (N.S.) 908; 7 Ann. Cas. 543.

As to the construction of the contract in regard to the time of payment, see supra, par. 204 et seq.

1. Bradford v. Marbury, 12 Ala. 520, 46 Am. Dec. 264; Dant v. Head, 90 Ky. 255, 13 S. W. 1073, 29 A. S. R. 369.

Note: 3 L.R.A. (N.S.) 908.

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2. Bradford v. Marbury, 12 Ala. 520, 46 Am. Dec. 264.

3. See supra, par. 356.

4. Tatum v. Ackerman, 148 Cal. 357, 83 Pac. 151, 113 A. S. R. 276, 7 Ann. Cas. 541, 3 L.R.A. (N.S.) 908; Girard v. Taggart, 5 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 19, 9 Am. Dec. 327..

5. See infra, par. 376 et seq., as to the general right of the seller to resell on account of the buyer.

6. Tatum v. Ackerman, 148 Cal. 357, 83 Pac. 151, 113 A. S. R. 276, 7 Ann. Cas. 541, 3 L.R.A. (N.S.) 908.

Note: 3 L.R.A.(N.S.) 908.

7. Bradford v. Marbury, 12 Ala. 520, 46 Am. Dec. 264.

8. Note: 7 Ann. Cas. 545.

9. Bradford v. Marbury, 12 Ala. 520, 46 Am. Dec. 264.

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for delivery in instalments and payment for each instalment on delivery, the contract is divisible in the sense that an action may be maintained for the price of each instalment immediately on delivery and default on the buyer's part to pay therefor.10 Where the seller is induced by the misrepresentation of the buyer to sell goods on credit, he has no right to rescind the sale merely as regards the term of credit and sue immediately for the price; 11 but where he is induced by the fraud of the buyer to take the note of a third person payable in the future, in payment, the buyer's fraud will avoid such note as payment and entitle the seller to sue immediately for the price.12

363. Failure to Give Note, etc., According to Agreement for Credit. -When goods are sold to be paid for by a note or bill payable at a future day, and the note or bill is not given, the seller cannot maintain assumpsit on the general count for goods sold and delivered, until the credit has expired,13 but he can sue immediately for a breach of the special agreement.14 This right of action is as perfect on a neglect or refusal to give the note or bill as it can be after the credit has expired. The only difference between suing at one time or the other relates to the form of the remedy; in the one case the seller must declare specially, in the other he may declare generally.15 And in such an action he will be entitled to recover as damages the whole value of the goods, unless perhaps there should be a rebate of interest during the stipulated credit when the notes to be given do not bear interest until after maturity, and according to the general view the agreed price is taken as such value.16 Where the provision for credit is not absolute but conditional on the buyer giving certain

10. Johnson Forge Co. v. Leonard, 3 Penn. (Del.) 342, 51 Atl. 305, 94 A. S. R. 86, 57 L.R.A. 225; Krebs Hop Co. v. Livesley, 59 Ore. 574, 118 Pac. 944, 118 Pac. 165, Ann. Cas. 1913C 758.

Note: 43 L.R.A. (N.S.) 1011. 11. See infra, par. 616. 12. See supra, par. 272. 13. Bradford v. Marbury, 12 Ala. 520, 46 Am. Dec. 264; Hanna v. Mills, 21 Wend. (N. Y.) 90, 34 Am. Dec. 216; Girard v. Taggart, 5 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 19, 9 Am. Dec. 327.

Notes: 12 L.R.A. (N.S.) 180; 7 Ann. Cas. 544.

10 L.R.A. 620; Girard v. Taggart, 5 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 19, 9 Am. Dec. 327. See also Bradford v. Marbury, 12 Ala. 520, 46 Am. Dec. 264; Sidney School Furniture Co. v. Warsaw School Dist., 122 Pa. St. 494, 15 Atl. 881, 9 A. S. R. 124.

Notes: 34 Am. Dec. 216; 3 L.R.A. (N.S.) 909.

15. Hanna v. Mills, 21 Wend. (N. Y.) 90, 34 Am. Dec. 216.

16. Worthy v. Jones, 11 Gray (Mass.) 168, 71 Am. Dec. 696; Hanna v. Mills, 21 Wend. (N. Y.) 90, 34 Am. Dec. 216; Kelly v. Pierce, 16 N. D. 234, 112 N. W. 995, 12 L.R.A. (N.S.) 180; Stephenson v. Repp, 47 Ohio St. 551, 25 N. E. 803, 10 L.R.A. 620; Girard v. Taggart, 5 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 19, 9 Am. Dec. 327.

14. Hanna v. Mills, 21 Wend. (N. Y.) 90, 34 Am. Dec. 216; Kelly v. Pierce, 16 N. D. 234, 112 N. W. 995, 12 L.R.A.(N.S.) 180; Stephenson v. Repp, 47 Ohio St. 551, 25 N. E. 803, Note: 12 L.R.A. (N.S.) 182.