Haas & Bro. v. Hudmon Bros.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lee. Tried before the Hon. J. M. Carmichael. cited 1 Greenl. Ev., §§ 292-94; 1 Add. Contracts, § 244, and cases there cited; Hurst v. North, 40 Penn. St. 241; Bank v. Triplett, 1 Pet. 25; Sleight v. Hailshorne, 2 Johns. 531; Bodfish v. Fox, 23 Maine, 90; Railway Go. v. Kolb, 7¿ Ala. 396; Railroud Go. v. Johnson, 75 Ala. 596; Barlow v. Lambert, 28 Ala. 704
1Opinion of the Court
STONE,. C. J.
— The present action was brought by appellees against appellants, for the alleged breach of an executory contract. The contract was oral, and the proof tends to show its terms were substantially those set out in the complaint. In the complaint it is averred that defendants, A. Haas & Bro., “sold and agreed to deliver to plaintiffs, at the city of Opelika, Alabama, within a reasonable time thereafter, one car load of bacon (bulk-meats?) to be sound and in good order, said bacon (bulk-meats) to be of the weight of twenty-five thousand pounds, at and for the price of nine and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Barlow v. LambertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
- Montgomery & Eufaula Railway Co. v. KolbSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Smith & Co. v. RiceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
- Smith v. AikinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co. v. JaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Ferguson v. StarkeySupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Phillips v. MorrowSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Buyck & Cain v. SchwingSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Henderson-Boyd Lumber Co. v. CookSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- Maxwell Planting Co. v. A. P. Loveman Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1924
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