Patrick-Mosteller Co. v. James R. Baker & Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by both parties from Harding, J., at May Term, 1920, of Catawba. This suit was brought to recover damages for the breach of a contract, whereby the defendants agreed to sell and deliver to the plaintiff one thousand cases of No. 1 Standard Alaska Pink Salmon, 1919 pack, 48 cans to the case, at the price of $1.50 per dozen cans, one and a half per cent off if paid for within ten days' from date of shipment.
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Appeal by both parties from Harding, J., at May Term, 1920, of Catawba. This suit was brought to recover damages for the breach of a contract, whereby the defendants agreed to sell and deliver to the plaintiff one thousand cases of No. 1 Standard Alaska Pink Salmon, 1919 pack, 48 cans to the case, at the price of $1.50 per dozen cans, one and a half per cent off if paid for within ten days' from date of shipment. Defendants delivered only 310 cases of the salmon, leaving 690 cases undelivered because of the rise in the market price from $1.50 to $2.25 per dozen cans, as plaintiff alleges. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating tie’ case: It will be impossible to decide this case upon its true merits, at this time, because it has been-tried witi slight regard to correct procedure, and the court has been misled into giving judgment without ascertaining all of the pertinent facts.
When tie plaintiff brought this action and caused an attachment to be issued and levied on tie funds in tie Bank of Hickory, because, as he alleged, tiey belonged to tie defendant Wakefield & Company, who drew tbe draft payable to the order of the Bank of California, it became the first duty of the court to ascertain…
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