Segal v. Chemical Importing & Manufacturing Co.

Merrell, J.:

The action was to recover the sum of $802.97, balance due plaintiff for sugar sold and delivered to the defendant. The plaintiff sold a large quantity of sugar, aggregating in value at the agreed price $29,232.97, upon which the defendant paid the plaintiff the sum of $28,430, leaving a balance unpaid, to recover which this action was brought. In its answer the defendant alleged that at the time of the sale of said sugar the United States was at war; that the transaction between the parties was regulated by the acts of Congress and by the regulations of the United States Food…