Rice v. James
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for a balance of $370.96 and interest, for lumber sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendants. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated August 30, 1900. On appeal to the Superior Court the case was tried before Bond, J. The declaration was upon an account annexed and covered fifty-five items, showing charges of $1,726.67 and credits of $1,355.71, leaving the balance claimed-to be due as stated above.
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Contract for a balance of $370.96 and interest, for lumber sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendants. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated August 30, 1900. On appeal to the Superior Court the case was tried before Bond, J. The declaration was upon an account annexed and covered fifty-five items, showing charges of $1,726.67 and credits of $1,355.71, leaving the balance claimed-to be due as stated above. The charges covered the period from August 13, 1897, to April 23, 1898, inclusive. The plaintiff was a wholesale and retail dealer in lumber and a manufacturer…
1Opinion of the CourtKrowlton, C. J.
The exceptions first argued by the plaintiff relate to the exclusion of evidence. To prove his case- the plaintiff called one of the defendants, and, besides letters and papers, he introduced the depositions of three other witnesses, two of whom were clerks in his office and the other a yard foreman. This was all the evidence in the case. Three of these witnesses testified as fully as the plaintiff desired. Certain questions and answers in the deposition of the otli.er were excluded. These, so far as material, were all offered to show the authority of one Knight to bind the defendants by a…
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