Garretson v. Selby
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keokuk Ovreuit Cowrt. Monday, December 8. This action was originally brought bofore a justice of the peace, upon an account for one barrel of sugar, $27.40. The defendant denied the account, and on a trial, the justice rendered judgment for plaintiff, for the amount claimed.
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Appeal from Keokuk Ovreuit Cowrt. Monday, December 8. This action was originally brought bofore a justice of the peace, upon an account for one barrel of sugar, $27.40. The defendant denied the account, and on a trial, the justice rendered judgment for plaintiff, for the amount claimed. The defendant appealed to the circuit court, where the cause was tried to the court without a jury, and resulted in the following findings of fact and conclusions of law, to wit: 1. The plaintiff is a wholesale grocery merchant, residing and doing business in Muscatine, Iowa. The defendant is engaged in…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The rule of law applicable to eases of this character is well stated in Whiting v. Farran, 1 Conn. 60, as follows: “ When a contract is made for the sale of goods which are not delivered, but are to be sent to the purchaser, if the vendor send them in the mode agreed on or directed by the purchaser ; or, if no agreement be made or direction given, in the usual mode; or, if the purchaser, on being informed of the' mode, assents thereto ■, or, if there have been other sales and conveyances of other goods and the vendor continues to send them in the same mode, then the goods during the voyage…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bartlett v. KinsleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1843
- Whiting v. FarrandSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1814
3Cited by4 opinions
- Leggett & Meyer Tobacco Co. v. CollierSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
- Carson, Pirie, Scott Co. v. HaukCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924
- Nelson v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Nelson v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941