White v. McLaren
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against Alexander McLaren, John McLaren, Rufus E. Lord, and David D. Lord, upon a written agreement dated April 20, 1885, signed by the McLarens, who were carpenters and builders doing business under the name of A. and J. Mc-Laren, and by the Lords, who were masons doing business under the name of Lord Brothers, and by Samuel D. Sargent, as agent for the plaintiffs, which agreement contained the following provisions: “ First.
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Contract against Alexander McLaren, John McLaren, Rufus E. Lord, and David D. Lord, upon a written agreement dated April 20, 1885, signed by the McLarens, who were carpenters and builders doing business under the name of A. and J. Mc-Laren, and by the Lords, who were masons doing business under the name of Lord Brothers, and by Samuel D. Sargent, as agent for the plaintiffs, which agreement contained the following provisions: “ First. The said Lords and McLarens agree, for the consideration hereinafter mentioned, to furnish all stock and materials of every name and nature mentioned in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Knowlton, J..The contract signed by the parties is peculiar. The only promise of the defendants contained- in it is to furnish certain stock and materials. The paper containing the specifications is referred to for the single purpose of showing what the stock and materials are. It was not identified by the signatures of the parties, as the contract says it was; but it was otherwise sufficiently identified, and the fact that it was not signed is immaterial. The stock and materials were to be those mentioned in the specifications, and the contract is the same as if they had been described in…
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