Herron & Holland v. Dibrell Bros.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of Danville, rendered January 22d, 1889, in an action of trespass on the case in assumpsit, wherein B. L. Dibrell and A. Dibrell, partners as Dibrell Bros., are plaintiffs, and M. P. Herron and W. W. Holland, partners as Herron & Holland, are defendants. The judgment being, adverse to the latter firm, they brought the case here on writ of error. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
This suit is in the form of trespass on the case in assumpsit, to recover damages for breach of contract. The declaration alleges, that on the 4th day of February, 1888, Dibrell Brothers, who were engaged in the tobacco trade in Danville, Virginia, entered into negotiation with Herron & Holland, who were also dealers in tobacco in the same town, for the purchase, by the said Dibrell Brothers, from the said Herron & Holland, of twenty-one hogsheads of leaf tobacco, at the rate of ten cents per pound, for the aggregate sum of $2,445.80, that the said Herron & Holland then and there, when the…
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