Legal Opinion
Pope v. Huth
California Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1859PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeal from the Twelfth District. Plaintiff had judgment for two thousand five hundred dollars, and interest. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The Appellants received, at London, on the 23d June, 1856, a letter from, the Respondents, inclosing the following order:
“ Messrs. F. Huth & Co. Gentlemen :—Please hold to the order of Messrs. Wm. Pope & Sons, of Boston, (£500) five hundred pounds sterling, of insurance, effected on cargo per bark Elvira, and oblige,
Tour obedient servant, Lubeck & Co.”
To which letter Huth & Co. reply as follows:
“ London, June 24th, 1856.
Messrs. Wm. Pope & Sons, Boston, U. S.—Gentlemen : We are in receipt of your letter of the 6th instant, concerning an order of Messrs. Lubeck & Co. of San Francisco, upon us,…
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