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Carpenter & Co. v. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 15, 1900PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Error to a judgment of tlie Law and Chancery Court of the city of Norfolk, rendered March 20, 1899, in an action of assumpsit, wherein the plaintiffs in error were the plaintiffs, and the defendant in error was the defendant.

1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.

This is an action by J. E. E. Carpenter and J. IT. Carpenter, partners under the style of Carpenter & Co., against the Yirginia-Carolina Chemical Company to recover damages for the refusal of the defendant to take 3,000 tons of Tennessee phosphate, spoken of in this record as Tennessee rock, which the plaintiffs claim to have sold the defendant, and which it refused to accept.

The declaration contains four counts, but the case stated therein is substantially as follows:

That the plaintiffs were engaged in the business of buying, mining and selling mineral known as bone phosphate of lime, or…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Kimball & Fink v. Friend's Adm' rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
  2. Hopkins, Brother & Co. v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1852
  3. Young v. EllisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  4. Averett v. LipscombeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
  5. Barnes v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. A & E Supply Company, Inc. v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a & E Supply Company, Inc. v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
  2. Tymshare, Inc. v. William J. Covell. William J. Covell v. Tymshare, IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
  3. Forrest Creek Associates, Ltd. v. McLean Savings & Loan Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
  4. Forsberg v. ZehmCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1928
  5. Southern States Phosphate & Fertilizer Co. v. ClarkCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917

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