Lord v. Goddard
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire. -Goddard was the plaintiff below, and Lord and Jenness the defendants.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire. -Goddard was the plaintiff below, and Lord and Jenness the defendants. The .declaration in two counts alleged that the plaintiffs in error, October 28,1847, intending to deceive and defraud the defendant in error, wrongfully and deceitfully' made and signed a letter of recommendation in favor of E. K. "West and A. W. Daby, addressed to tbe defendant in error, in which they represented -they had full confidence in. West & Daby, dealers" in coal, lumber, &c., that they were…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice CÁTRON
delivered the opinion of the court.
Goddard sued Lord & Jenness in the Circuit Court of New Hampshire, alleging that the defendants by letter recommended West & Daby as men well worthy of credit, and good for what they wished to purchase; that they were dealers in' coal, lumber, lime, &c., and that West, one of the firm, was visiting Bangor,' Maine, for the purpose of purchasing lumber for the New York market.
The letter, set forth in the declaration, was dated at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and directed to Goddard, at Bangor, Maine. West & Daby-resided in New York.
On.the faith…
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