George F. Sloan & Brother v. Allegheny Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Stockbridge, J.), where the case was tried before the Court sitting without a jury.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Stockbridge, J.), where the case was tried before the Court sitting without a jury. The Court ruled that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the value of the lumber delivered to the defendants, as shown by a schedule offered in evidence, less the amounts paid on account, and that the recoupment allowed the defendant shall be the difference between the value of the lumber so delivered and what it would have been worth if delivered according to the contract. The Court refused to rule that the evidence as to the market values of…
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
The plaintiff, the Allegheny Company, is a North Carolina corporation engaged in operating a saw-mill there, and the defendants are lumber merchants doing business in the City of Baltimore under the name of George F. Sloan & Brother. In March, 1895, these parties made a written contract by which the former agreed to sell and deliver, and the latter agreed to purchase from the plaintiff, the pine-lumber product of its mill for the period of ten months from March to December 31st, said product not to be less than five million feet nor more than seven million feet during the period mentioned.…
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