Hough v. . Brown

It appears, from the testimony of R.M. Hough and of Andrew Brown, that those two persons, in behalf of two firms in Chicago to which they respectively belonged, conversed with the defendant at Buffalo, concerning the transportation of the freight of their firms from Chicago to New York and Boston. Some progress was made in the negotiation, and, as they testified, the defendant made proposals which they did not then accept. They were on their way east, and agreed to write to the defendant within ten days. Accordingly, within ten days, they wrote as follows:

"NEW YORK, June 30, 1853.

"WM. O.…