Dugan v. Cureton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Washington Circuit Court, John and Henry Cureton filed their bill in chancery in the Washington Circuit Court, and set up a state of case, briefly, as follows: That Dugan, having been engaged in mercantile business, and having on hand a remnant of goods, persuaded the appellees to purchase the remnant, upon his assurance that he would, the next spring, go to New Orleans and there purchase for them goods to the amount of three thousand dollars, to make their…
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Appeal from Washington Circuit Court, John and Henry Cureton filed their bill in chancery in the Washington Circuit Court, and set up a state of case, briefly, as follows: That Dugan, having been engaged in mercantile business, and having on hand a remnant of goods, persuaded the appellees to purchase the remnant, upon his assurance that he would, the next spring, go to New Orleans and there purchase for them goods to the amount of three thousand dollars, to make their assortment complete, and de, liver the same to them in Washington county, charging them but 12i per cent, advance on the cost…
1Opinion of the Court
Ringo, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court: The facts in the case, as set forth in the bill, are to the following effect. The appellant having a quantity of merchandize in his store at Cane HiJI, in Washington county, urged the appellees to purchase them, which at first they declined doing, on account of the assortment being broken and consisting of such articles as were unsaleable; but the appellant representing to them the advantages which would result from the purchase, they finally consented and agreed to give him his price for the goods, upon his assurance that he would go to the…
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