Williams v. Woods
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. Assumpsit, brought on the 10th of September 1853, by the appellees, partners, trading as Woods, Bridges & Co., against the appellant and John B. HoweLl, trading as William Howell & Son, to' recover damages for non-compliance with an alleged contract for the sale of a lot of coffee, part of the cargo of a vessel called the “Clintonia Wright.” The declaration contains five special counts.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. Assumpsit, brought on the 10th of September 1853, by the appellees, partners, trading as Woods, Bridges & Co., against the appellant and John B. HoweLl, trading as William Howell & Son, to' recover damages for non-compliance with an alleged contract for the sale of a lot of coffee, part of the cargo of a vessel called the “Clintonia Wright.” The declaration contains five special counts. The first alleges that the defendants, on the 26th of August 1853, bargained and sold to the phiintiffs 1244 bags of coffee, containing 200,000 pounds, at 91…
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
At the trial of this cause, the plaintiffs offered five prayers; the 2nd, 3rd and 5th, were granted without alteration, and the 1st and 4th were modified, by the court, and then granted. The defendant offered six prayers, ail of which were refused.
The judgment was rendered for the plaintiffs upon a verdict in their favor, and the defendant appealed.
One bill of exceptions contains all the evidence and all the prayers.
The plaintiffs examined A. A. White as a witness, who gave evidence tending to prove that White & Elder, as partners, were engaged in the business of merchandise brokers, and in…
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