Scanlan v. Hodges
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. Action by Lyman F. Hodges and Samuel Y. Hyde against Michael Scanlan and O. G. Wall to recover the value of 24 car loads of wheat. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants bring error. Affirmed.
Read the full summary
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. Action by Lyman F. Hodges and Samuel Y. Hyde against Michael Scanlan and O. G. Wall to recover the value of 24 car loads of wheat. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants bring error. Affirmed. Statement by Caldwell, Circuit Judge: This suit was brought in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Minnesota by Lyman F. Hodges and Samuel Y. Hyde, the defendants in error, against Michael Scanlan and O. G. Wall, the plaintiffs in error, to recover the value of 24 car loads of wheat, alleged…
1Opinion of the Court
Caldwell, Circuit Judge,
(after stating the facts.) The plaintiffs in error received the letters of the defendants in error dated, respectively, June 6 and 18, 1884, and January 6, 1889, and it is not controverted that the business was conducted on the part of the defendants in error in the mode outlined in those letters. Exception is taken to the ruling of the lower court that the letters of June 6th and 18th constituted the contract between the parties. The letters, though characterized by that brevity of statement common in commercial correspondence, are not of doubtful meaning. They state…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- William & James Brown & Co. v. McGranSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- Goddard v. FosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Drakely v. GreggSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
3Cited by7 opinions
- F.A.R. Liquidating Corp. v. Brownell, Atty. GenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Central R. Co. of New Jersey v. YoungCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1912
- Great Northern Ry. Co. v. HookerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. ShipCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Telluride Power Transmission Co. v. Crane Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1902
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.