Wright v. Barnes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action on the following written contract: “ Bristol, November 30th, 1836. This day agreed with Harvey Wright to take of him 1500 dozen mahogany knobs, equal in size and finish to those last bought of him, at 40 cents per dozen, amounting in all to 600 dollars ; for which we are to pay him in store-pay, at, the store of Upson, Mer-rimans & Co., 200 dollars, and the balance, 400 dollars, to be paid by «ote, four months from the time each 500 dozen are delivered;…
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This was an action on the following written contract: “ Bristol, November 30th, 1836. This day agreed with Harvey Wright to take of him 1500 dozen mahogany knobs, equal in size and finish to those last bought of him, at 40 cents per dozen, amounting in all to 600 dollars ; for which we are to pay him in store-pay, at, the store of Upson, Mer-rimans & Co., 200 dollars, and the balance, 400 dollars, to be paid by «ote, four months from the time each 500 dozen are delivered; and to pay interest on 200 dollars from the time of delivery. Said knobs to be delivered, 500 dozen the 1st of March next,…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
Questions have been discussed, upon this hearing, which do not arise from the facts stated in the motion, and we have been called upon here, as we believe, to decide a case, a small part of which only, was tried in the court below.
A tender was made by the defendants, and accepted by the plaintiff, of a sum of money to settle all disputes, growing out of the contract in question, except as to 336 dozen knobs. These, the defendants claimed, they had not accepted, and had refused to accept, because they were not finished in conformity with the requirements of the contract. The case, then, as…
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