Slaughter v. Denmead
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of King 'William county, rendered May 20th, 1890, in an action wherein the plaintiff in error, J. L. Slaughter, was plaintiff, and Charles Denmead and James H.-Denmead, partner's, under firm name of Den-mead Brothers, were defendants. The object was the recovery of damages for an alleged breach of contract.
1Opinion of the Court
Leavis, P.,
cleliArered tlie opinion of the court.
The contention of the plaintiff was that in June, 1888, he contracted with the defendants, the OAvners of a steam barge, to transport a quantity of poplar cord-wood from Wormley’s and other upper landings on the Pamunkey river, to the White House, at the rate of seventy-five cents per cord; that he had previously contracted for the delivery in Philadelphia of large quantities of such wood, on or before the 15th of December, of the same year; that the alleged contract Avith the defendants was made Avith a view to enabling the plaintiff to comply…
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