Bartlett v. Jewett

The complaint of the appellees alleges that they sold to the appellants six thousand burlap bags, to be shipped to Evansville;' that it was agreed that the bags should be placed on board a steamboat bound for that city; that on the day after the sale four thousand were delivered on a steamboat bound for Evansville; that a bill of lading was issued and was duly transmitted to the appellants by mail. The answer admits the sale, but affirms that appellants are not liable for the four thousand bags shipped by river, and avers that the goods were ordered verbally at Evansville, to be sent from…