Webster v. Le Compte
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Seventh Exceptions are staffed in the opinion of the Court. The Fifth and Sixth Exceptions were abandoned. The Eighth.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Seventh Exceptions are staffed in the opinion of the Court. The Fifth and Sixth Exceptions were abandoned. The Eighth. Exception. — At the trial the plaintiffs offered the three following prayers: 1. That if the jury believe from the evidence that Samuel L. Webster and Noah Webster were in the year 1889 partners, under the name of S. L. Webster & Son, engaged in the manufacture and sale of fertilizers, and that on the 30th day of April, in said year, they…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
This action was brought by Samuel L. and Noah Webster, partners, trading under the firm name of S. L. Webster and Son, who are the appellants here, against Ed. W. Le Compte, executor of John L. Wright-son, deceased, to recover a claim for fertilizer furnished to the defendant’s testator in his life-time. The case *254was tried upon issue joined on the pleas of never indebted and payment.
The plaintiffs proved the delivery of the fertilizer and the price thereof as charged; trat the defendant introduced proof to show, and succeeded in showing to the satisfaction of the jury, that John B. Webster, a…
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