Legal Opinion
Pearce-Young-Angel Co. v. Charles B. Allen, Inc.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided December 9, 1948No. 16155PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Baker, Chief Justice.
By its complaint, the respondent sought damages from the appellant because of an alleged breach of a sales contract, involving 800 bags of “Texas New Crop U. S. 1” blackeye peas, sold by the appellant to the respondent at $16.00 per 100 pounds, for delivery on or before June 30, 1947.
The answer of the appellant did not deny the existence of such contract, or the failure to deliver the peas, but pleaded that the peas, which were the subject of the contract, had been destroyed by an act of God, and by reason of the destruction of the subject-matter of the contract, the…
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- Robinson Co. v. McClaineWashington Supreme Court · 1917
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