Vassar v. Camp
New York Supreme Court
This was an appeal by the defendants from a judgment rendered against them at a special term of the court, on the verdict of a jury. The action was for a breach of a contract to furnish a quantity of barley to the plaintiffs. On the trial, at the Dutchess circuit in September, 1851, before Justice Barculo, the following letters, among others, were given in evidence. “ Sackett’s Harbor, August 6,1850. Messrs.
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This was an appeal by the defendants from a judgment rendered against them at a special term of the court, on the verdict of a jury. The action was for a breach of a contract to furnish a quantity of barley to the plaintiffs. On the trial, at the Dutchess circuit in September, 1851, before Justice Barculo, the following letters, among others, were given in evidence. “ Sackett’s Harbor, August 6,1850. Messrs. M. Yassar & Co.: Gentlemen—The crop of barley in this county is much better than it was last season. We are conveniently situated for the purchase and shipment of Jefferson county barley,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, S. B. Strong, J.
The contract was I think perfected, so as to make it mutually obligatory upon the parties, when the duplicate executed by M. Vassar &. Co., was deposited in the post office at Poughkeepsie on the 4th of September, 1850. The final proposal by the defendants was made when they deposited their letter, enclosing the contract signed by them, in the post office, on the 30th of August. That proposal remained open and unchanged on the 4th of September, when it was accepted by the plaintiffs in the manner which I have indicated. The general proposition, that a bargain…
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