Richards v. Shaw
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. James Steele, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, by Samuel Shaw against Sandford and Seldon Richards, to recover the price of corn sold and delivered. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an action of assumpsit, to recover for 391 bushels of corn sold and delivered. The declaration contained a special count on a contract for the sale of the corn, and also the common counts. The plaintiff below, Shaw, recovered a verdict and judgment for $115.
The testimony in the case showed a contract, on the part of Shaw, made in March, 1867, to sell to Sandford and Seldon Richards 500 bushels of corn at the price of 50 cents per bushel. Shaw delivered only 391^0 bushels of the corn, about 30 bushels of it the last of April, 1867, and the rest in June, 1867. The price of corn on the…
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