Legal Opinion
Consumers Ice Co. v. Jennings
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided December 4, 1902PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, rendered January 8, 1901, in an action of assumpsit, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This suit was instituted by R. T. Jennings, suing for the benefit and at the risk and cost of himself, as trustee, against *721the Consumers Ice Company, to recover damages for a breach of the foHowing contract, dated April 3, 1900:
“I hereby agree to furnish Mr. R. T. Jennings what ice he needs at $5 per ton of 2,000 pounds, in quantities of one ton or more, one year from the above date. The said ice is to be sold from his ice-box, and not from his wagons on the street.
JOS. S. MONTGOMERY,
For Consumers Ice Company.”
Two of the words appearing in this contract were interlined, viz., the word “ice,”…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Union Central Life Ins. v. PollardSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Ferguson & Fries v. GoochSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Grubb v. BurfordSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Trigg v. ClaySupreme Court of Virginia · 1891
- Alleghany Iron Co. v. TeafordSupreme Court of Virginia · 1898
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Whitehead v. SyndicateSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. LacklandSupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
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