Wilson v. Broom

The judgment of the court (Slidell, J., dissenting,) was pronounced by

Preston, J.

On the 19th of September, 1848, Samuel Broom, á merchant of New Orleans, being in New York, addressed a letter to William R. Keith, of Thomaston, which, after some remarks on the lime trade between that place and New Orleans, contained the following clause: “If you could manage with the captains to deliver lime at New Orleans for $1 05, payable on delivery there, and no cargo to exceed 1500 barrels, and always confine it to 1000 when you can possibly do so, you might then exercise your own judgment, and operate…