Snell v. De Land

This was an action of assumpsit brought in the De Witt Circuit Court by James De Land, Edward De Land, Jonathan Hall, Henry Magill, ¡Robert Magill, Samuel Magill, and William Magill, against Thomas Snell, on a contract of sale, made July 1, 1864, by them to Snell, of thirteen thousand pounds of wool, at eighty cents per pound, to be delivered in a reasonable time, with an averment, that the plaintiffs did sell and deliver to the defendant in pursuance of the contract, on the 1st day of August, 1864, thirteen thousand nine hundred and forty-nine and one-half pounds of wool.

The plea was…