Belden v. Innis

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Innis, against Belden.

Belden had the use of a warehouse belonging to the railroad company, and Innis claims that, in January, 1872, he sold to Belden some 900 bushels of corn then stored in the warehouse, for which he was to be paid the market price of corn, on any given day during the then coming summer, to be designated by plaintiff before or at the day thus selected; and that in the subsequent summer the price of corn on a certain day in June was 35 cents per bushel; and on that day he demanded payment.

The warehouse and contents were burned, in…