Appleton v. Norwalk Library Corp.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the balance due on a contract for the purchase of certain books; brought, by appeal from a justice of the peace, to the Court of Common Pleas, and heard in that court, upon a demurrer of the plaintiffs to the defendant’s answer, before Hall, J. The plaintiffs were publishers under the name of D. Appleton & Co. The contract for the purchase by the defendant of a set of the American Cyclopedia and Index, is fully given in the opinion of the court.
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Action to recover the balance due on a contract for the purchase of certain books; brought, by appeal from a justice of the peace, to the Court of Common Pleas, and heard in that court, upon a demurrer of the plaintiffs to the defendant’s answer, before Hall, J. The plaintiffs were publishers under the name of D. Appleton & Co. The contract for the purchase by the defendant of a set of the American Cyclopedia and Index, is fully given in the opinion of the court. This contract was set out in the complaint, which alleged the delivery of the books by the plaintiffs and that the defendant had…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
This case depends upon the construction to be given to a certain contract, entered into between the parties, the important part of which to be considered is as follows:—“In consideration of the delivery of one complete set of the American Cyclopedia and Index, the undersigned agrees to pay D. Appleton & Co. as follows: on delivery of the set the sum of $12, and on the first day of every other month thereafter the sum of $6, until D. Appleton & Co. shall receive the full sum of $90 ; it being expressly agreed that the right of property in said books shall remain in said D. Appleton & Co. until…
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