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67 Sherwin v. Fletcher, 168 Mass. 413, 47 N. E. 197; Grand Lodge I. O. G. T. v. Farnham, 70 Cal. 158, 11 Pac. 592. See, also, Twenty-Third St. Baptist Church v. Cornell, 117 N. Y. 601, 23 N. E. 117, 6 L. R. A. 807; Town of Grand Isle v. Kinney, 70 Vt 381, 41 Atl. 130; Richelieu Hotel Co. v. International Military Encampment Co., 140 I11. 248, 29 N. E. 1044, 33 Am. St Rep. 234; Hodges v. Nalty, 104 Wis. 464, 80 N. W. 726. See "Subscriptions," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 15; Cent. Dig. §§ 14-17.
68 BEATTY's ESTATE v. WESTERN COLLEGE OF TOLEDO, IOWA, 177 111. 280, 52 N. E. 432, 42 L. R. A. 797, 69 Am. St. Rep. 242, Throckmorton Cas. Contracts, 106, See, also, Irwin v. Lombard University, 56 Ohio St. 9, 46 N. E. 63, 36 L. R. A. 239, 60 Am. St. Rep. 727; Simpson Centenary College v. Tuttle, 71 Iowa, 596, 33 N. W. 74. See "Subscriptions," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 15; Cent. Dig. §§ 14-11.
69 Trustees of Maine Cent. Inst v. Haskell, 73 Me. 140; Barnett v. Franklin College, 10 Ind. App. 103, 37 N. E. 427. And see Keuka College v. Ray, 307 N. Y. 96, 60 N. E. 325. See "Subscriptions," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 5; Cent. Dig. §§ 6, 7.
70 Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions v. Smith, 209 Pa. 361, 58 Atl. 689, per Thompson, J. See "Subscriptions," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 5; Cent. Dig, §§ 6, 7.
Fed. 474, 54 C. C. A. 520. See "Contracts," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) §§ 58, 59; Cent. Dig. §§ 346-348; "Sales," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) §§ 21,, 25; Cent. Dig. §§ 49-52; "Vendor and Purchaser," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 18; Cent. Dig. § 28.
72 Keep v. Goodrich, 12 Johns. (N. Y.) 397; Ewins v. Gordon, 49 N. H. 444; Burnet v. Bisco, 4 Johns. (N. Y.) 235: McKinley v. Watkins, 13 I11. 140; L'Amoreux v. Gould, 7 N. Y. 349, 57 Am. Dec. 524; Thayer v. Burchard, 99 Mass. 50S; Smith v. Weaver, 90 I11. 392; Bean v. Burbank, 16 Me. 45S, 33 Am. Dec. 681; Mers v. Insurance Co., 68 Mo. 127; Stembridge v. Stembridge's Adm'r, 87 Ky. 91, 7 S. W. 611; Shenandoah Val. R. Co. v. Dunlop, 86 Va. 346, 10 S. E. 239; Barker v. Critzer, 35 Kan. 459, 11 Pac. 382; Warren v. Cos-tello, 109 Mo. 338, 19 S. W. 29, 32 Am. St. Rep. 669; Greybill v. Brugh, 89 Va. 895, 17 S. E. 558. 21 L. R. A. 133, 37 Am. St Rep. 894; Wagner v. J. & G. Meakin. 92 Fed. 76, 33 C. C. A. 577: Morrow v. Express Co., 101 Ga. 810. 28 S. E. 998. See, also, eases cited, p. 146, note 59. See "Sales," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) §§ 21,, 25; Cent. Dig. §§ 49-52.
73G. N. Railway Co. v. Witham, L R. 9 C. P. 16; Johnston v. Trippe (C. C.) 33 Fed. 530; Moses v. McClain, 82 Ala. 370, 2 South. 741; Wisconsin, I. & N. Ry. Co. v. Braham, 71 Iowa, 484, 32 N. W. 392; Davis v. Robert, 89 Ala. 402, 8 South. 114, 18 Am. St. Rep. 126; Ross y. Parks, 93 Ala. 153, 8 South. 368, 11 L. R. A. 148, 30 Am. St. Rep. 47; Thayer v. Burchard, 99 Mass. 508; Cooper v. Wheel Co., 94 Mich. 272, 54 N. W. 39, 34 Am. St Rep. 341. See, also, Michigan Bolt & Nut Works v. Steel, 111 Mich. 153, 69 N. W. 241. Filing of bill by vendee for specific performance has been held to supply mutuality. Dynan v. McCulloch, 46 N. J. Eq. 11, 18 Atl. 822. But most of the cases are to the contrary. See cases cited ante, note 72. See "Sales," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) §§ 24,, 25; Cent. Dig. §§ 1,9-52.
74 See Sheffield Furnace Co. v. Coke Co., 101 Ala. 446, 14 South. 672; Wells v. Alexandre, 130 N. Y. 642, 29 N. E. 142, 15 L. R. A. 218; Smith v. Morse, 20 La. Ann. 220; Minnesota Lumber Co. v. Coal Co., 160 I11. 85, 43 N. E. 774, 31 L. R. A. 529; Hickey v. O'Brien, 123 Mich. 611, 82 N. W. 241, 49 L. R. A. 594, 81 Am. St. Rep. 227; E. G. Dailey Co. v. Can Co., 128 Mich. 591, 87 N. W. 761; Manhattan Oil Co. v. Lubricating Co., 113 Fed. 923, 51 C. C. A. 553; Excelsior Wrapper Co. v. Messinger, 116 Wis. 549. 93 N. W. 459; Loudenback Fertilizer Co. v. Phosphate Co., 121 Fed. 298, 58 C. C. A. 220, 61 L. R. A. 402. Contra, Bailey v. Austrian, 19 Minn. 535 (Gil. 465). An agreement by a wholesale dealer to supply a retailer, which leaves it practically optional to increase or diminish his orders with the rise or fall of prices, held void for want of mutuality. Crane v. C. Crane & Co., 105 Fed. 869, 45 C. C. A. 96. See, also. Cold Blast Transp. Co. v. Bolt & Nut Co., 114 Fed. 77. 52 C. C. A. 25, 57 L. R. A. 696. See "Sales," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) §§ 21,, 25; Cent. Dig. §§ 49-52.

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