Austin v. Langlois
Supreme Court of Vermont
Special Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the August Term, 1907, Grand Isle County, Hall, J., presiding. Verdict for the defendant to recover his costs, and judgment thereon. The plaintiff excepted. The plaintiff moved the court to set the verdict aside on the grounds recited in the opinion. Motion denied, to which plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
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Special Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the August Term, 1907, Grand Isle County, Hall, J., presiding. Verdict for the defendant to recover his costs, and judgment thereon. The plaintiff excepted. The plaintiff moved the court to set the verdict aside on the grounds recited in the opinion. Motion denied, to which plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case. It was error to admit defendant’s evidence as to his damage on his claim as to what the contract was. Defendant denied the contract relied on by plaintiff, and, under the general issue, was allowed to set up a…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
This action is special assumpsit for the defendant’s alleged breach of a contract; plea, the general issue.
The plaintiffs’ evidence tended to show that Sept. 18, 1906, they bought of the defendant a quantity of hay, estimated at fifty tons, for ten dollars a ton and one dollar and fifty cents a ton for pressing; that it was to be delivered on board the boat at Isle La Motte or on the cars at any time after Oct. 1, 1906, at their option, and be paid for on its delivery; that they paid the defendant $50 on the contract Sept. 29, and one hundred and five dollars and twenty-five cents Oct. 12;…
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