Legal Opinion

Duncan v. Baird & Co.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 4, 1839PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Assumpsit. From the Circuit Court for Jefferson County.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Robertson

Duncan sold to Baird & Co. a lot of ground, and received a gold watch and chain, at the price of two hundred and ten dollars and twenty five cents, in payment *102or part payment of the consideration. Afterwards, he tendered to them a conveyance of the legal title to the ]0t; but they refused to accept it, and determined to renounce the contract. He then sold and conveyed the lot to another person; and they sued him in assumpsit, for the price of the watch, and, upon these facts, recovered a verdict and judgment for two hundred and ten dollars and twenty five cents.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Upshaw's heirs v. SthreshlyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1814

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Scott v. BushMichigan Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Day v. WilsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
  3. Collier v. CoatesNew York Supreme Court · 1854
  4. Watkins v. WellsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946
  5. Mitchell v. McNabAppellate Court of Illinois · 1878

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