Hotchkiss v. Hunt
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions to the ruling of Mat, J. Trover for 600 Para hides. The plaintiffs introduced evidence tending to show that 1 they were originally the owners of the hides sued for; that they had some negotiations with Edward A. Frye for a sale of them to him; that, after some transactions which the defendants claimed passed the title in the hides to Frye, the following agreement was executed by Frye to the plaintiffs, viz.: — "Boston, 8th October, 1857. It is hereby agreed and…
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On Exceptions to the ruling of Mat, J. Trover for 600 Para hides. The plaintiffs introduced evidence tending to show that 1 they were originally the owners of the hides sued for; that they had some negotiations with Edward A. Frye for a sale of them to him; that, after some transactions which the defendants claimed passed the title in the hides to Frye, the following agreement was executed by Frye to the plaintiffs, viz.: — "Boston, 8th October, 1857. It is hereby agreed and set forth that whereas Edward A. Frye has given his promissory notes to Hotchkiss Bros. & Co., for the following…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Kent, J.
The facts upon which the questions in this case arise, when carefully examined, are few and simple, although the report is somewhat voluminous.
The plaintiffs were the undisputed owners of six hundred Bara hides. They negotiated for a sale of them to Edward A. Frye, and, after various propositions and a long correspondence, they finally agreed to sell them to Frye at a certain price, and receive his notes on time, in payment. Erye assented to the purchase, having made the final proposition as to time of payments of the notes. The hides were at…
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