Gerst v. Jones & Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action of trespass on the case, brought by D. Jones & Co. against Joseph S. Gerst, in the corporation court of Danville, but which was afterwards removed to and tried by the circuit court of the county of Pittsylvania. The objects for which the case was brought, and the facts of the same, sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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This was an action of trespass on the case, brought by D. Jones & Co. against Joseph S. Gerst, in the corporation court of Danville, but which was afterwards removed to and tried by the circuit court of the county of Pittsylvania. The objects for which the case was brought, and the facts of the same, sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. A verdict and judgment were rendered in favor of the plaintiffs against the defendant for $1,602.36, with interest from the date of the verdict, 14th of September, 1875, till paid, and the costs. And to this judgment the defendant obtained a writ…
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
The plaintiffs in the court below were manufacturers of tobacco in the town of Danville, and the was at the same time engaged in the business of manufacturing boxes to press manufactured tobacco. The defendant agreed to furnish plaintiffs for the year 1870, during the manufacturing season, as many boxes as the latter would need, at the price of sixty-five cents per box. In accordance with this arrangement, defendant furnished the plaintiffs all the boxes they needed in the year 1870. Plaintiffs pressed their manufactured tobacco in these boxes, and they shipped a large portion of it to their…
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