Ent v. Evans, Lippincott & Cunningham

This suit was brought to recover damages from the defendants, for selling a quantity of mess pork at private sale without orders and without notice of the time and place of sale to the plaintiff, who was the owner. The contract upon which the liability arose was written in the following words, viz:

“ Cincinnati, Nov. 26,1869.

“We have this day sold Blackburn Holmes 300 barrels of mess pork (our brand) at $31.50 per barrel, to be deliv*511ered at his option, he paying interest at rate of ten per cent, per annum; commission on sale, two and one-half; storage, six cents per barrel per month; margin of…