Pearson v. Grice
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided at Jacksonville. This was an action of assumpsit, instituted by Joseph Grice, a commission merchant in New York, against John "W. Pearson to recover the balance of .an account claimed to be due for commissions, advances and interest thereon in the purchase of merchandize, sale -of lumber and chartering of vessels.
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This case was decided at Jacksonville. This was an action of assumpsit, instituted by Joseph Grice, a commission merchant in New York, against John "W. Pearson to recover the balance of .an account claimed to be due for commissions, advances and interest thereon in the purchase of merchandize, sale -of lumber and chartering of vessels. Annexed to the declaration is a bill .of particulars dated 19th March, 1853, embracing amounts advanced for merchandize purchased and interest thereon from date of purchase, amounts advanced on drafts of defendant, with interest on each item, commissions at 2J…
1Opinion of the CourtBaltzell, C. J.
This is a suit instituted by Grice, a commission merchant of the city of New York, against the defendant Pearson to recover the balance of an account for commissions, advances, &c., in the purchase of merchandize, sale of lumber, &c.
The errors complained of are to instructions given to the jury and the refusal of the Court below to award a new trial.
The first instruction assigned as erroneous is an item of $31, claimed to be due for detention of the Cherokee. The Court charged the jury, that if this vessel was “ detained at request of plaintiff to take an outward freight, being the goods…
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- Hart v. DormanSupreme Court of Florida · 1849
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