Mewherter v. Price

This was an action by the appellees, who were the plaintiffs, against Mewherter. The following is *200the case made by the complaint: On the 4th of December, 1854, the defendant entered into a contract in writing with Morgan and Parkhurst, signed by the parties, by which he agreed to deliver to them one thousand corn-fatted hogs, to average two hundred pounds net, at any pork-packing house in Madison that they might designate, between the 1st and the 20th of December, 1855, for which they were to pay 4 dollars, 25 cents, per one hundred pounds net; 1,000 dollars to be paid on the 1st of June,…