Anderson v. Blakely
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court of Allegheny county. Anderson & Canan against James Blakely. This action was brought to recover from the defendant the amount of a book account for goods sold and delivered by the plaintiffs to Thomas Pratt on the 12th February 1839, and at several other dates between that time and the 30th May 1839, amounting to $923.99, on account of which the said Thomas Pratt had paid on the 12th February 1839 $>100, on the 13th April $100, and on the 11th…
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ERROR to the District Court of Allegheny county. Anderson & Canan against James Blakely. This action was brought to recover from the defendant the amount of a book account for goods sold and delivered by the plaintiffs to Thomas Pratt on the 12th February 1839, and at several other dates between that time and the 30th May 1839, amounting to $923.99, on account of which the said Thomas Pratt had paid on the 12th February 1839 $>100, on the 13th April $100, and on the 11th July $90. The first bill of goods purchased was on the 12th February 1839, and amounted to $230.07. The action against the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
This case depends upon the construction to be given to the letter of credit of February 1839, addressed to the plaintiffs and signed by the defendant; and the question is, whether it is an unlimited credit for any amount of goods which might be then or at any future time purchased, until countermanded, or was restricted to the amount of purchases then to be made.
It cannot be denied that this is a question of some nicety, admitting of plausible arguments on either side, whether taken up as a new question, or after examination of the cases…
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