Snow v. Alley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for breach of an alleged agreement. Trial in the Superior Court, before Dewey, J., who ordered a verdict for the defendant, and reported the case by request of the plaintiff for the consideration of this court. If the plaintiff was entitled to maintain his action, the case was to stand for trial; otherwis judgment was to be entered on the verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is an action for the breach of an alleged contract to buy of the plaintiff thirty-two Postal Telegraph Company bonds for half their par value, viz. for $16,000, and to lend the plaintiff $20,000 on other like bonds, in consideration of the plaintiff’s agreeing to give the defendant seventy-five like bonds. The defences are a general denial, and that the plaintiff has precluded himself from this action by electing a different remedy.
The case was tried before a jury, and at the conclusion of the evidence the judge ruled that the defence had been maintained, and directed a verdict for the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Morris v. . RexfordNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Snow v. AlleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Freedley v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Whiteside v. BrawleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Metcalf v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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