West Republic Mining Co. v. Jones & Laughlins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2 of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, 1884, No. 177. Assumpsit, by the West Republic Mining Company against Jones & Laughlins upon a contract for the sale of iron ore. ' On the trial, before White, J., the following facts appeared: On January 18th, 1882, Rhodes & Co., who represented the Mining Company, sent the defendants the following letter: “We would like to send you a car or two of West Republic ore, to try for fix;…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2 of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, 1884, No. 177. Assumpsit, by the West Republic Mining Company against Jones & Laughlins upon a contract for the sale of iron ore. ' On the trial, before White, J., the following facts appeared: On January 18th, 1882, Rhodes & Co., who represented the Mining Company, sent the defendants the following letter: “We would like to send you a car or two of West Republic ore, to try for fix; it is equal to the best Old Rep. ore, and although the price is the same, we think you will be better pleased to have…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
delivered the opinion of the court, January 5th, 1885.. This action is upon a contract dated February. 16th, 1882, struck by the plaintiffs’ acceptance of the following proposition : “We have tried the West Republic ore lately sent us, and find it satisfactory. We will take (5000) five thousand tons of it, at $10 per ton, at Ashtabula. Payments to be made for five hundred tons per month, beginning in May next. And we will advise you from time to time as to which road to send it by. Quality of ore to be up to the sample car load sent us.”. For a correct understanding of the contract it is well…
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