Bass v. Rublee
Supreme Court of Vermont
Special Assumpsit on a simple contract in modification of a contract under seal for the sale and delivery of lumber. Plea, the general issue with notice. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1903, Orange County, Munson, J., presiding. At the close of the plaintiffs evidence a verdict was ordered for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states ■the case.
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Special Assumpsit on a simple contract in modification of a contract under seal for the sale and delivery of lumber. Plea, the general issue with notice. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1903, Orange County, Munson, J., presiding. At the close of the plaintiffs evidence a verdict was ordered for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states ■the case. The defendant’s motion admits all the facts which plaintiff’s evidence tends to prove, and all inferences that can be legitimately drawn therefrom. Walcott v. Met. Life Ins. Co., -64 Vt. 221; Varnum v. Higgins, 65 Vt. 416; 6 A. & E.…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The declaration is special assumpsit in three counts severally declaring on a written contract dated February 13, 1901, sealed and subscribed by the plaintiff and the defendant, whereby the defendant promised and agreed to furnish toi the plaintiff in the cars at East Berkshire in the month of June, 1901, certain specified lots of maple lumber to be paid for by the plaintiff as therein stipulated. It is further :alleged that subsequently the parties by mutual agreement not under seal extended the time for the delivery of the lumber without setting a time limit therefor, and that in pursuance…
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