Vassar v. . Camp
New York Court of Appeals
Action to recover damages for the broach of an alleged contract to deliver ten thousand bushels of barley. On the trial of the cause at the Dutchess Co. circuit, before Justice Barculo, it was proved that the plaintiffs were brewers, doing business at Poughkeepsie, and the defendants merchants and produce dealers at Sacket’s Harbor; that on the 22d of August, 1850, the defendants addressed and forwarded to the plaintiffs at Poughkeepsie, by mail, a letter dated on that day,…
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Action to recover damages for the broach of an alleged contract to deliver ten thousand bushels of barley. On the trial of the cause at the Dutchess Co. circuit, before Justice Barculo, it was proved that the plaintiffs were brewers, doing business at Poughkeepsie, and the defendants merchants and produce dealers at Sacket’s Harbor; that on the 22d of August, 1850, the defendants addressed and forwarded to the plaintiffs at Poughkeepsie, by mail, a letter dated on that day, at Sacket’s Harbor, in which they say, “We will undertake to deliver you at Albany, between the 1st and 20th October…
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The first and most important question presented in this case is: Did the contract, for the delivery of 10,000 bushels of barley, at the city of Albany, ever become obligatory upon the defendants; and if…
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