Shreve v. Brereton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Allegheny county. In the court below this was an action of covenant, by Brereton, Johnson & Wilkins, against Shreve & Tillson, on a contract by which the defendants agreed to deliver to the plaintiffs, at the “ Aladdin Oil Words, in bulk or barrels, for one year from” February 1st 1862, one thousand barrels of petroleum per month, at 6-J cents per gallon, “ to be measured in the tanks,” at the oil works ; payment to be made monthly, in cash and…
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Error to the District Court of Allegheny county. In the court below this was an action of covenant, by Brereton, Johnson & Wilkins, against Shreve & Tillson, on a contract by which the defendants agreed to deliver to the plaintiffs, at the “ Aladdin Oil Words, in bulk or barrels, for one year from” February 1st 1862, one thousand barrels of petroleum per month, at 6-J cents per gallon, “ to be measured in the tanks,” at the oil works ; payment to be made monthly, in cash and notes of plaintiffs at four months. Defendants “ to have the privilege of delivering in advance * * during the spring…
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The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Read, J.
This is an action of covenant, to recover damages for the breach of a contract by the defendants, to deliver twelve thousand barrels of petroleum or rock oil of certain specific gravity, in monthly instalments of one thousand barrels each, to the plaintiffs, at the landing of the Aladdin Oil Works, in bulk or in barrels. The price was six and a half cents per gallon delivered as aforesaid, and to be measured in the tanks at said works ; and settlements were to be made at the end of every month for one *184thousand barrels, provided that quantity…
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