Shrewsbury v. Tufts
West Virginia Supreme Court
Interpretation of contract,.—Bishop on Contracts, §§ 371, 372 atnl 382; 2 Parsons on Contracts, b. p. ¾84; 78 N. Y. 74; 2 Parsons on Contracts (7th Ed.) b. p. 667; 86 N. Y. 472; 35 Ind. 429; Am. & Eng. Enc. of Law, Yol. 1. p. 354; 45 Amer. Dec. 199; 39 Amer. Dec. p. 611; 1 Smith L. C. Amer.
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Interpretation of contract,.—Bishop on Contracts, §§ 371, 372 atnl 382; 2 Parsons on Contracts, b. p. ¾84; 78 N. Y. 74; 2 Parsons on Contracts (7th Ed.) b. p. 667; 86 N. Y. 472; 35 Ind. 429; Am. & Eng. Enc. of Law, Yol. 1. p. 354; 45 Amer. Dec. 199; 39 Amer. Dec. p. 611; 1 Smith L. C. Amer. Ed. of 1884, p. 418. Estoppel and accounts stated.—40 W. Va. 442; 2 Parsons on Contracts, p. 936-7 and notes cited; 4 Minor’s Inst, part 1, p. 710; Story on Agency, § 250 and 255; 16 Hun, (N. Y.) p. 106; 12 Leigh, 173; 34 Amer. Rep. 435; 10 Wal. 129. Errors in tried.—31 W. Va. 862; 97 N. Y. 1; 1 Greenl. on…
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, President:
On writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wood county, in an action of assumpsit, for five hundred and fifty four dollars and seventy six cents, rendered on the 7th day of March, 1894, in favor of the plaintiff and ap-pellee, Shrewsbury, against the defendant and appellant, James W. Tufts.
Plaintiff in error (defendant below) Tufts, was a manufacturer of soda-water apparatus and silver-plated ware in the city of Boston. By letter of April 14, 1884, plaintiff, Shrewsbury, applied to Tufts for employment as sidesman. By letter dated August 13, 1884, Tufts wrote to…
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