Smith v. Brown

Irvine, C.

Eliza Brown sued John Smith to recover $84 as the purchase price of five stacks of hay which she alleged she had sold and delivered to Smith on a special contract that he should pay therefor that price. Smith defended on the ground that he had bought three of the stacks by the ton; *231that two small-stacks he bought in bulk for the price of $9, and that he had taken half a ton, in value $2, from one of the larger stacks; that Mrs. Brown had falsely represented to him that the largest stack contained fourteen tons and the other two not purchased in bulk, eight each, whereas in fact the…