Adams v. Coulliard
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for the price of intoxicating liquors sold by the plaintiff to the defendant. Writ dated May 25,1868. At the trial in the superior court, before Brigham, J., there was evidence that the plaintiff was a liquor dealer in the city tof New York; that in April 1866, his clerk, William D. Adams, procured from the defendant, at Shelburne Falls in this Commonwealth, an order for the liquors, and communicated it to the plaintiff; and that the price of the liquors was agreed…
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Contract for the price of intoxicating liquors sold by the plaintiff to the defendant. Writ dated May 25,1868. At the trial in the superior court, before Brigham, J., there was evidence that the plaintiff was a liquor dealer in the city tof New York; that in April 1866, his clerk, William D. Adams, procured from the defendant, at Shelburne Falls in this Commonwealth, an order for the liquors, and communicated it to the plaintiff; and that the price of the liquors was agreed upon at the time of procuring the order. The question was disputed whether or not it was agreed between the clerk and…
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
The verdict of the jury, in this case, establishes the facts, that the liquors, the price of which the plaintiff seeks to recover, were sold to the defendant in New York; and that the plaintiff had reasonable cause to believe, but had no knowledge, that they were to be brought into this state for the purpose oi being sold here in violation of law.
The action was commenced May 25,1868. Under the Gen. Sts. c. 86, § 61, it could not have been maintained. The statute affects the remedy and was repealed by the St. of 1868, c. 141, before this suit was commenced. The cause of action still remained,…
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