Wheaton v. Cadillac Automobile Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Hosmer, J. Assumpsit by Linden S. Wheaton, doing business as the New Jersey Automobile Company, against the Cadillac Automobile Company for breach of a contract for the sale of certain automobiles. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
This is a suit brought by plaintiff for himself and as assignee of all the interest of his former partner, Stewart, in the business carried on by the copartnership known as the New Jersey Automobile Company, to recover for the alleged breach of a contract to sell and deliver to plaintiff 50 automobiles, for which plaintiff claims to-have placed an order which was accepted by defendant. It is not disputed that there was a contract between the-parties, but counsel disagree radically as to its character. Counsel for plaintiff insist that the contract is evidenced by the correspondence between…
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