Rice v. Forsyth
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This action was brought by the appellee to recover from the appellant a balance due on a contract entered into by them on the 12th of August, 1813, and for additional articles furnished by the former to the latter, as shown hy an account filed with the declaration. The contract is set out in the opinion of the Court. The declaration contained the common counts and a count on the contract.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This action was brought by the appellee to recover from the appellant a balance due on a contract entered into by them on the 12th of August, 1813, and for additional articles furnished by the former to the latter, as shown hy an account filed with the declaration. The contract is set out in the opinion of the Court. The declaration contained the common counts and a count on the contract. To the common counts the defendant pleaded that he was never indebted as alleged, and to the special count: 1st. That he did not agree as alleged. 2nd. That…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The only exception in this record is to the rejection of the appellant’s five prayers and to the Court’s own instruction given to the jury. The parties entered into written contracts on the 12th of August, 1873, by which the plaintiff agreed to sell and the defendant to purchase c< one steam-engine, one boiler, one piece of line shafting and three pulleys on same, three hangers, and one wood-splitting machine, all complete and all to be left in good order for the sum of $600, cash.” The declaration contains a count on this contract, and the common counts for goods bargained and sold, and for…
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