Edward Thompson Co. v. Foy
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Newton county. Hon. J. D. Care, Judge. Suit hy the Edward Thompson Company against Mr. P. Foy. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Newton county. Hon. J. D. Care, Judge. Suit hy the Edward Thompson Company against Mr. P. Foy. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We submit that the letter dated January 25, 1909, and the reply to it dated February 3, 1909, form a complete written contract, all of the terms being contained therein, and we do not think under any view of the ease, that any of the installments that became due and payable after October 5, 1909, would be barred. The mere fact that the appellee did not execute…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
This in an appeal from the circuit court of Newton county, where the appellant, Edward Thompson Company, sued the appellee, M. P. Foy, attorney, for two hundred and seventy dollars, the purchase price of a set of law books. After the conclusion of the testimony introduced by the plaintiff, a peremptory instruction was granted to the appellee, Foy, from which action of the court this appeal is prosecuted here.
It appears that in November, 1907, the appellee, Foy, at Decatur, Miss.,, gave his written order to a salesman of the Thompson Company for a set of the second edition of the American &…
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