Blalock v. Clark.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by M. B. Blalock and Company against W. D. Clark and others, beard by Judge W. B. Allen at July Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Stanly County. From a judgment for the defendants the plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtGlaRK, C. J.
This is an action to recover damages for non-delivery of 200 bales of cotton. A witness, one of the plaintiffs, went to see the defendants 7th February. They had 200 bales for sale, which the witness sampled and asked an option upon them, to see if he could place them. The defendants on that day gave him this option, dated 7th February and signed by them: “We offer you 160 to 200 bales of cotton, grades as you have seen, at eight cents per pound, F. O. B., provided we do not receive better price by mail to-day. This offer closes by 8th February.” Later, on that day (7th February), the…
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