Conrad v. Griffey
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was fought; up,-by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States .for- Louisiana. There was only one point of evidence involved. ■ Three exceptions were taken during the progress of the trial by the plaintiff below, but, as the verdict was in his favor, they were not argued here.
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This case was fought; up,-by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States .for- Louisiana. There was only one point of evidence involved. ■ Three exceptions were taken during the progress of the trial by the plaintiff below, but, as the verdict was in his favor, they were not argued here. On the 26th of March, Conrad, being a'Louisiana planter, made a contract with Griffey of Cincinnati, by which Griffey, engaged to construct and set up a steam-engine and sugar-mill boilers, &c., upon Conrad’s plantation, for $ 6,650, payable at different times. Griffey stipulated to have the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodbury
delivered the opinion of the court."
In this case, there had been four bills of exception filed in the court below,, but only one of them by Conrad, the plaintiff in error. We shall, therefore, proceed to dispose of that alone.
It objected to the receipt in evidence of declarations, made by a witness for the original' plaintiff, under the following circumstances'.
Griffey brought a suit-against Conrad for building a mill for him to grind sugar-cane; and, among other defences set up by the "latter, was that of weakness and .insufficiency in the work and materials furnished. To repel this defence…
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