Alexander v. Barrett

This was an action brought by Alexander against Barrett, Powell and Arnold, to recover damages for the non-delivery by the latter, of one thousand barrels of coal tar, alleged to have been purchased by the former. The evidence of a conti-act having been made was as follows: Spears testifies that he was present in the office of Alexander, in Chicago, between the last of February and the first of March) 1864, when Arnold, one of-the defendants, and Alexander, were conversing in regard to a contract before then made between them in reference to the sale by one, and purchase by the other, of a…