Hartlove v. William Fait Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Dennis, J.) The plaintiff’s second prayer, which was granted, was: “If the verdict be for the plaintiff, the measure of damages shall be the difference between the contract price of the goods described in the written contract, and the market price of the same goods at the time and place of delivery, on September 30th, 1897.”
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
This case was tried in the Court below before the Judge-at-Large, sitting in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, without the intervention of a jury. The verdict and judgment being against the appellant, he has accordingly appealed. The facts are, briefly, as follows: the respective parties to this cause are both dealers in the canning and sale of tomatoes. The appellant authorized James Kean, a member of the firm of James Kean & Co., brokers in canned goods, to sell for him two thousand cases of standard three-pound tomatoes, and on the 25th of March, 1897, he did, through the…
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