Berry v. Reed
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON ExceptioNS from Nisi Prius, Dickerson, J., presiding. Assumpsit upon one of several promissory notes given by the defendant to the plaintiffs for logs sold. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.
Assumpsit upon a promissory note given with others for a lot of logs sold by plaintiffs to defendant in September, 1863, at which time, according to the testimony offered by both parties, they agreed upon the price per M. for merchantable and mill-refuse pine and also upon the price per thousand to be paid for spruce,' and that one Palmer, a sworn surveyor, should survey the logs, which he thereupon did, and made out his survey .bills, indicating the quantity of each of those particular qualities. It is also undisputed that the defendant received the logs and had manufactured " the groat bulk…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rogers v. AckermanNew York Supreme Court · 1856
3Cited by2 opinions
- M. De Matteo Construction Co. v. Maine Turnpike AuthorityDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1960
- Brothers v. PickelNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1879