Dodsworth v. Hercules Iron Works
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio. This was an action upon a written contract by the Hercules Iron Works against Caleb Dodsworth arid others, in which the plaintiff obtained judgment. 57 Fed. 556. From this judgment, the defendants have sued out a writ of error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio. This was an action upon a written contract by the Hercules Iron Works against Caleb Dodsworth arid others, in which the plaintiff obtained judgment. 57 Fed. 556. From this judgment, the defendants have sued out a writ of error. In February, 1890, the Hercules Iron Works, a corporation of the state of Illinois, contracted to construct and erect for tbé defendants, Caleb Dodswortb and others, as partners, a machine and appurtenances for the production of ice, of the Hercules pattern and…
1Opinion of the CourtBurton, Circuit Judge
The petition declared on the written contract. It alleged, as required by good pleading, that the plaintiff had fully performed the contract. This the plaintiff should aver, or, in the alternative, a willingness and readiness to perform, but for some conduct of the defendants sufficient in law to excuse; performance1. The plaintiff’s reply to the defendants’ answer admitted that a force pump had not been furnished, but, as an excuse, averred that it had been emitted at the special reepiest and instance of the defendants, and that its value was to be deducted fre>m the contract prie:e\ Upon…
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