Robinson v. Bullock
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon. Tried before the Hon. John Henderson. The appellant, John L. Robinson, brought suit against ap-pellee, D. A. Bullock, upon the following complaint: “Tne plaintiff claims of the defendant eighty thousand dollars for the breach of an agreement entered into by ber on the 13th of November, 186$, in substance as follows, to-wit: ‘The State of Alabama, Macon county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon. Tried before the Hon. John Henderson. The appellant, John L. Robinson, brought suit against ap-pellee, D. A. Bullock, upon the following complaint: “Tne plaintiff claims of the defendant eighty thousand dollars for the breach of an agreement entered into by ber on the 13th of November, 186$, in substance as follows, to-wit: ‘The State of Alabama, Macon county. This memorandum of agreement made and entered, into this, tbe thirteenth day of November, A. D., 1865, between John L. Bobinson, of the first part, and Mrs. I). A. Bullock, of the other part, both…
1Opinion of the CourtBbickell, C. J.
1. The principal ground on which the appellee relies to support the judgment of the Circuit Court, sustaining the demurrers to the complaint, is, that the contract set out in each count, is void for uncertainty. The uncertainty is supposed to lie in the failure to specify the' capacity of the mill the appellant was bound to erect, or to state any fact or to introduce any provision from which the capacity could be inferred. Uncertain in this respect, as the quantity of logs the appellee was bound to furnish was dependent on the capacity of the mill, the duty- resting on her is uncertain, and…
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