Hedges v. Wallace
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 93 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL EHOlt ONION CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— 1 Greenleafs Eo., sec. 137. Starkie on Ev., 33. 4 Barb., 439. 4 Dana, 381; Steele vs. Crele. 1 Parsons on Contracts, 441. 7 Dana, 59; Smith vs. Crawford.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Peters
This action was brought by appellant against appellees to enforce the collection of two hundred and ninety-five dollars and sixty cents, the price of twenty-eight hogs, weighing gross seven thousand three hundred and ninety pounds, which he alleges he sold and delivered to appellees in the fall of 1861.
In an amended answer, appellees state that they were agents and sub-contractors under one E. G. Sebree, who was a contractor with the Confederate States government to furnish it with hogs, beef cattle, and other supplies for the army, whilst said Confederate government was prosecuting a war…
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