Corbin v. Houlehan
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by plaintiffs. Assumpsit on account annexed, brought in the Superior Court, Kennebec County, to recover a balance of $256.85, and interest thereon, alleged to be due for- intoxicating liquors sold March 19, 1896, by the plaintiffs, then residents of Cincinnati, Ohio, to the defendant, then residing in Gardiner, Maine, and shipped the same day by the plaintiffs from their place of business in Cincinnati by rail with continuous waybill to the defendant at…
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On exceptions by plaintiffs. Assumpsit on account annexed, brought in the Superior Court, Kennebec County, to recover a balance of $256.85, and interest thereon, alleged to be due for- intoxicating liquors sold March 19, 1896, by the plaintiffs, then residents of Cincinnati, Ohio, to the defendant, then residing in Gardiner, Maine, and shipped the same day by the plaintiffs from their place of business in Cincinnati by rail with continuous waybill to the defendant at Gardiner, where they were received by the defendant from the common carrier in the original packages in which they were…
1Opinion of the CourtWiswell, C. J.
In this action, brought by citizens of the state of Ohio against a citizen of this state, in the Superior Court for Kennebec County, the plaintiffs seek to recover the unpaid balance of a bill of over six hundred dollars for a large quantity of intoxicating liquor in barrels and cases, sold by them to the defendant. The order for this liquor was taken by the plaintiffs’ representative at the defendant’s place of business, sent to-the plaintiffs in Ohio, where, after making certain inquiries in regard to the financial responsibility of the defendant, the order was accepted by the plaintiffs…
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- Bank of Augusta v. EarleSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Emery v. BurbankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Graves v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- People v. . MartinNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
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