Bright v. McKnight
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM LAWRENCE. The plaintiff in error, a citizen of the city of Louisville, Ky., entered into a written contract with one Las. H. Moore, by which, said Moore became the general traveling agent of the plaintiff in error, for the sale of certain boohs described in said contract, which were to be shipped to said Moore in North Carolina, and sold there or wherever else said Moore might be able to sell them.
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FROM LAWRENCE. The plaintiff in error, a citizen of the city of Louisville, Ky., entered into a written contract with one Las. H. Moore, by which, said Moore became the general traveling agent of the plaintiff in error, for the sale of certain boohs described in said contract, which were to be shipped to said Moore in North Carolina, and sold there or wherever else said Moore might be able to sell them. Under the contract, Moore was to receive a portion of the proceeds of the sales, and to remit the balance to the plaintiff in error at Louisville. It was understood also between the parties,…
1Opinion of the CourtCaeutheRS, J.
This is an action on the case upon a written guaranty.
In 1847 James M. Moore entered into a written contract with the plaintiff, to act as general agent in selling “Bright’s Family Practice” and “Parley’s An*165nuals,” in the State of ETorth Carolina or any other part of the country. He "bound Mmself to pay to the plaintiff three dollars for each volume of the first named work, and seventy-five cents for the second, that might he furnished him, and not to sell the said works higher than five dollars for the .former, and one dollar and twenty-five cents for the latter, per volume. The difference…
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