Court Opinion

ID: 9637644
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 15:13:43.531073+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:09:58.600189
License: Public Domain

SPARKS, Circuit Judge
(concurring).
I approve this opinion with the exception of the last paragraph, which deals with that part of the letter in red type. The letter covers one page and a half. The quotation of prices ends very near the bottom of the first page. Immediately following this, at the bottom of the same page, is the red type matter. In my judgment it is not removed somewhat from the body of the letter, but is contained therein, for the remaining part of the letter follows immediately on the next page. True, the portion in red is not printed with letters so large as the typewritten portion, but it is just as plain and as easily readable.
There is no intimation or indication in this record that the red type was used for decorative purposes, but, as customary, I think it was used to caH especial attention to the fact that the quotations were subject to change without notice and that they would not constitute a binding contract until approved by an officer of the company. That is precisely what the red portion states, and it is placed in the middle of the letter. I regard the red printing as a part of the letter, and I think it constitutes a very potent additional reason why the judgment should be reversed.