Cable v. Leeds

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Preston, J.

The plaintiffs employed the defendants to make a crank for the engine of their steamboat Constitution. The old crank had been broken on her trip from St. Louis to this port. She was advertised to start on her return trip on Saturday evening, the 4th of August, 1851,

The plaintiffs allege and offered testimony to establish an agreement on the part of the defendants to deliver the new crank on that evening. But this allegation becomes immaterial, as in point of fact a crank was delivered on that evening, and the evidence and circumstances…