Otis v. Haseltine

By the Court, Sanderson, C. J.

The plaintiffs sold by contract in writing to the defendant Haseltine a certain invoice of Chinese goods, for which Haseltine agreed to pay ten thousand dollars in gold coin of the United States; the goods to be sold at auction as then advertised and the proceeds to be paid to the plaintiffs by the auctioneers. If the proceeds proved insufficient to pay the ten thousand dollars, the balance was to be paid by Haseltine’s note at sixty days, indorsed by his co-defendant King. This contract was signed by plaintiffs and Haseltine on the 29th of December, 1862. On the…