Noble v. Pirson
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Cass; Des Voignes, J. Assumpsit by William K. Noble against John Pirson for breach of a contract for the purchase of certain hoops and staves. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff brings error. After some preliminary correspondence, on June 11, 1913, plaintiff wrote defendant, a dealer in cooperage stock, quoting prices and offering to sell him certain stock.
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Error to Cass; Des Voignes, J. Assumpsit by William K. Noble against John Pirson for breach of a contract for the purchase of certain hoops and staves. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff brings error. After some preliminary correspondence, on June 11, 1913, plaintiff wrote defendant, a dealer in cooperage stock, quoting prices and offering to sell him certain stock. The letter contained the following: “Mill run 28% inch red gum fruit barrel staves cut 6 to 2, 9/16 inch bilge, $7.75 per thousand; mill run 17% inch hardwood heading 6% cents per set; number one six-foot coil elm hoops, $10.90 per…
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
(after stating the facts). We do not understand it to be claimed, at least it cannot be successfully claimed,- that upon this record there was no evidence that the hoops were defective, of an inferior grade, and did not comply with the contract in the particulars claimed by the defendant in his correspondence and testimony. But it is claimed that, so far as the question of recovery for the loss on the staves is concerned, two reversible errors were com*309mitted. As we understand, it is counsel’s claim that the court erred in the admission of evidence that the staves did not comply with the…
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