Edgerton v. . Edgerton

Tbis action was brought by the plaintiffs to recover the sum of $2,205, as damages for the breach of a contract to sell and deliver to the plaintiffs 100 bales of cotton weighing 45,000 pounds. By. the contract, which was in writing and dated 9 June, 1909, the defendants agreed to sell and deliver the cotton for ten and one-tenth cents per pound, delivery to be made in the months of September, October, November and December of the same year, with the stipulation that if either of the parties failed to perform the contract, they should pay to the other a forfeit of $500. Tbe defendants, in…