Seelye v. Taylor

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Todd, J.

The plaintiff sues the defendant for twenty-six thousand dollars.

The suit is based on a contract entered into between the parties, on ■the 7th of February, 1872. The substance of this contract was that Taylor, the defendant, had purchased asphaltum mines in the Island of Cuba, from the Cuba and Louisiana Mining and Paving Company. The plaintiff, Seelye, was employed to go to Cuba and examine into the titles of the mines, liquidate the indebtedness of the company, for which Taylor was bound, to reconstruct and put the mines in working condition,…