Winton v. Hart
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit for goods sold and delivered; brought to the Court of Common Pleas, and tried on the general issue closed to the court (Brewster, J.~) The court rendered judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiff moved for a new trial.
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Assumpsit for goods sold and delivered; brought to the Court of Common Pleas, and tried on the general issue closed to the court (Brewster, J.~) The court rendered judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiff moved for a new trial. Early in _ May, 1868, one Edwin Wickwire entered into a copartnership with one Howe, under the company name of Howe & Wickwire, to carry on the milling business in Go-shen, in Litchfield county, and about the same time Wickwire applied to the plaintiff, a wholesale dealer in grain, feed and flour at Bridgeport, and represented to him that he had recently formed a…
1Opinion of the CourtButler, C. J.
This case turned in the court below, and hinges here, upon a questioii of estoppel.
It is found that Howe & Wickwire commenced the business of purchasing and grinding grain in May, 1868, with the assistance and encouragement of the defendants, and that they purchased all their grain in several successive parcels, from that time until July following, of the plaintiff, who was then a wholesale dealer in grain at Bridgeport, on the credit of the defendants, but without their authority or their knowledge. The parcels of grain were shipped to the defendants, and previous parcels were paid for by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Roe v. JeromeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1846
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