Barham v. . Bell

The plaintiffs, residents of the State of Virginia, brought their action for damages for breach of contract by the defendant, who as alleged, contracted to sell and deliver to them 2,000 bushels of corn at Gregory and Snowden stations, on the Norfolk and Southern Railroad, but delivered only about 500 bushels.

G. E. Stevenson, for the plaintiffs, testified on the trial that he was agent of the plaintiffs at the time of the contract, to buy corn for them in North Carolina, and that in March, 1891, he purchased from defendant 2,000 bushels of corn at 58 cents per bushel, 1,500 bushels to be…