Scriven v. Hecht

(after stating the facts as above). This action was brought by the plaintiffs, who are English leather merchants in the city of London, to recover the sum of $51,022.40, with interest thereon, that being the consideration which they paid to the defendant under a contract of sale for the purchase of horse hides and horse fronts — he being a dealer in hides and carrying on business in the city of New York. The complaint alleges that, upon the arrival of the goods at Hull, in England, it was found that the hides did not fulfill the descriptions, representations, and warranties agreed upon, but…