Legal Opinion
Schuylkill Fuel Corp. v. B. & C. Nieberg Realty Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 13, 1929PublishedCited by 469 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
Plaintiff made a contract with five corporations, defendants in these actions, to supply whatever coal was required for their business in accordance with their written orders, the contract to continue for a stated term.
Four of the defendants, the appellants in this court, insist that liability under the contract is several, not joint, and that none of them may be held for coal delivered to the others. The fifth defendant, being bankrupt, has suffered a default.
If the question were still open, much might be said in support of the defendants’ position that the contract, fairly…
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