Scott v. Hartley
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Marion Superior Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBerkshire, C. J.
— This is an action upon a contract entered into by telegram and letter.
It is a contract in writing, and therefore the rules governing written contracts must be applied in determining the rights of the parties.
By the contract the appellee sold and agreed to deliver to the appellants 7,500 bushels of corn, the place of delivery being Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The complaint alleges a delivery of the corn at the place, *240and within the time agreed upon, and a refusal on the part of the appellants to receive and pay for the same, to the appellee’s damage, etc.
The telegrams and letter of which the…
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