Boss v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action ok Contract to recover damages for breach of agreement for sale and purchase of standing timber. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1920, Bennington County, Wilson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
This is an action of contract in the form of general assumpsit with a special complaint for damages for the breach of a contract for the purchase of certain standing timber and pulpwood. The answer contained a general denial and set up as defences the statute of frauds, and the fact that the plaintiff had taken possession of and sold the timber and pulpwood in question, after it had been cut by the defendants. A trial by jury Resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendants allege error.
To establish the contract relied upon, the plaintiff offered in evidence a writing dated August…
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