Echols v. New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Hinds County. Hon. Georg-e E. Brown, Judge. Tbe facts in tbis case necessary to a full understanding of tbe principles announced are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Tbe errors assigned are substantially as follows : 1. Tbe court erred in overruling demurrer to pleas. 2. In excluding testimony offered by plaintiffs. 3. In deciding that said contract was terminable at tbe end of one year. 4. In excluding parts of Jones’ deposition.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Hinds County. Hon. Georg-e E. Brown, Judge. Tbe facts in tbis case necessary to a full understanding of tbe principles announced are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Tbe errors assigned are substantially as follows : 1. Tbe court erred in overruling demurrer to pleas. 2. In excluding testimony offered by plaintiffs. 3. In deciding that said contract was terminable at tbe end of one year. 4. In excluding parts of Jones’ deposition. As conceded, tbis case turns on tbe construction of tbe written contract filed. Tbe damages assessed would be about right under tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
The plaintiffs had verdict and judgment in the court below for $1,600. Conceiving themselves entitled to a larger sum, they have appealed' to this court. It is conceded that the verdict was ample if the construction given by the court below to the written agreement betweenjthe parties, upon which the suit was brought, was correct, so that the sole question for decision here is as to the construction of said agreement.
It was substantially a contract by which defendants, through their proper officers, obligated themselves to receive from plaintiffs cord-wood of a certain specified quality and…
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