Davis v. Buttars

Mary Davis, representing her husband’s estate, brought this suit against Archibald Buttars and Charles Bogardus to recover the contract price of a warehouse and stock of merchandise sold to them by her husband for the sum of $1,474.32. It was plaintiff’s claim that it was a joint purchase by the defendants and that both were liable for the purchase price. Defendants denied that it was a joint purchase and asserted that defendant Buttars purchased the merchandise and paid therefor the sum of $474.32, and that Bogardus purchased the warehouse and paid for the same by canceling certain…