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TREAT v. WHITE

No. 227.

181 U.S. 264 (1901)

21 S.Ct. 611

45 L.Ed. 853

TREAT v. WHITE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 1901.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Beck for Treat.

Mr. Stephen V. White in person for the defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question before us is simply one of statutory construction. Is a "call" (a copy of which is incorporated in the statement of facts) an agreement to sell, within the meaning of Schedule "A"? In reference to this the learned Circuit Judge, in delivering his opinion, said:

"It is an agreement, and manifestly an `agreement to sell.' It may be referred to as an `offer...

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