Hutchins v. Webster
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, to recover a balance of the purchase price of a quantity of ice sold by the plaintiff to the defendant under an agreement in writing. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Fessenden, J., who found for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The plaintiff, who was the lessee of a pond in New Hampshire, agreed in writing with the defendant to build an ice-house on one side of the pond, “ one hundred and fifty feet long, thirty-six feet wide, and twenty feet stud.” The defendant was to put the ice into the house, and the plaintiff was to pay the expense thereof. The defendant was to have *440all the ice in the house, “ and to pay for the same two dollars per ton, a ton to be forty-five cubic feet of ice.”
The plaintiff put up a house one hundred and fifty-two feet long and thirty-eight feet wide on the outside; but the inside dimensions…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jones v. HoeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Rogers v. HoldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- M. J. Picketing v. WeldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Talcott v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
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- Baccari v. B. Perini & Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Davis v. CraneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co. v. National Linseed Oil Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1901
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