Walter Pratt & Co. v. Frasier & Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before J. E. McDonald, special Judge, Abbeville, October term, 1904. Action by Walter Pratt & Co. against Frasier & Co. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. cites: Contract being silent as to time of delivery, law implies a reasonable time: 2 Benj. on Sales, 4 ed., 891; 3 S. F. R., 779; 24 Fncy., 2 ed., 1073; 9 Cyc., 612; 17 S. F. R., 979; 21 S. F. R., 299. Contract is complete and defendants are estopped from setting up any part by parol: 11 Fncy., 431; 20 S. F.…
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Before J. E. McDonald, special Judge, Abbeville, October term, 1904. Action by Walter Pratt & Co. against Frasier & Co. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. cites: Contract being silent as to time of delivery, law implies a reasonable time: 2 Benj. on Sales, 4 ed., 891; 3 S. F. R., 779; 24 Fncy., 2 ed., 1073; 9 Cyc., 612; 17 S. F. R., 979; 21 S. F. R., 299. Contract is complete and defendants are estopped from setting up any part by parol: 11 Fncy., 431; 20 S. F. R., 157; 13 S. C., 369. cites: Parol not varying a writing, and showing something not contained in it, is admissible:…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
Of the sixteen exceptions by plaintiffs to the judgment in favor of defendants in the above entitled case, the first six relate to rulings on the admissibility of testimony, the next eight relate to the charge and the refusals to charge the jury, and the last two relate to the refusal to grant a new trial, but all the exceptions except the 8th, 12th, 13th and 14th really depend upon one proposition — whether the Court committed error in allowing certain testimony as to the object or purpose of the purchase of goods in question by…
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