E. F. Houghton & Co. v. Alpha Process Co.
Superior Court of Delaware
Action by E. F. Houghton and Company against the Alpha Process Company. Verdict for plaintiff, and motion to disallow plaintiff its costs refused. Action op Assumpsit (No. 60, November Term, 1914) to recover the sum of two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and two cents for certain goods and chattels sold and delivered to the said defendant by said plaintiff. The plaintiff had a verdict for twelve dollars and seventy-four cents.
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Action by E. F. Houghton and Company against the Alpha Process Company. Verdict for plaintiff, and motion to disallow plaintiff its costs refused. Action op Assumpsit (No. 60, November Term, 1914) to recover the sum of two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and two cents for certain goods and chattels sold and delivered to the said defendant by said plaintiff. The plaintiff had a verdict for twelve dollars and seventy-four cents. There was a motion to disallow plaintiff costs because the verdict was not for more than fifty dollars. The motion was denied. The facts appear in the charge to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Conrad, J.,
charging the jury.
Gentlemen of the jury:—The plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendant the sum of two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and two cents, for certain goods and chattels sold to defendant. It is admitted that all the goods so charged were delivered to defendant.
Among the charges is an item of two hundred and twenty-five dollars and thirty-eight cents for two double vim leather bélts—being fifty-eight and eight-twelfths feet' in length. The defense in this case is confined to the item for the belts alone. As regards the two last items charged amounting to twelve…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- E. S. Adkins & Co. v. CampbellSuperior Court of Delaware · 1906
- Tappan v. BaconSuperior Court of Delaware · 1910
- Youker v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
3Cited by1 opinion
- Floyd v. BallengerSuperior Court of Delaware · 1969