Brandon Manufacturing Co. v. Morse
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. Pleas, the general issue and offset. Trial by jury, March Term, 1874, WheeleR, J., presiding, and verdict for the plaintiff.
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Assumpsit. Pleas, the general issue and offset. Trial by jury, March Term, 1874, WheeleR, J., presiding, and verdict for the plaintiff. The plaintiff gave in eveidence an agreement in writing, as. follows : Brandon, Dec. 8, 1871. I hereby agree to deliver to the Brandon Manufacturing Company, at their works in Brandon, before March 15, 1872, one hundred cords of beech and maple wood; the same to be good and sound, without any crooked limbs, or sticks smaller than a man’s wrist; for the sum of four dollars and seventy-five cents per cord. Joseph Morse. It appeared that defendant delivered to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, Ch. J.
The contract upon which this action is brought, is in these words: “I hereby agree to deliver to the Brandon Manufacturing Company, at their works in Brandon, before March 15,1872, one hundred cords of beech and maple wood, the same to be good and sound, without any crooked limbs, or sticks smaller than a man’s wrist, for the sum of four dollars and seventy-five cents per cord,” And signed by Joseph Morse, the defendant. This contract was accepted tyy the plaintiffs, who are now seeking to enforce it. When this contract was accepted,…
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