Bailey v. Ricketts

This was assumpsit commenced on the 24th of January, 1852, by the plaintiff against the defendants. The declaration contains seven counts. The defendants demurred severally to the first six. The demurrers were sustained. A nonsuit was taken as to the seventh count. Judgment was given for the defendants.

The first count is on a contract whereby the defendants promised the plaintiff to deliver him certain goods, viz., four thousand shoulders and two thousand hams, between the 20th of December 1851, and the 5th of January, 1852, for a specified price, to be paid on delivery. No place of delivery…