Baldwin v. Leonard
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of book account. The auditor reported the following facts: It appeared from the testimony offered that the plaintiffs, Roderick Baldwin, Henry R. Baldwin and Edwin D. Baldwin, by their own arrangements and agreement, were joint owners of a quantity of hay raised on land by them jointly carried on, and they had a joint interest in the same, both as to profit and loss, and that Henry R. Baldwin, one of the plaintiffs, sold and delivered to the defendant…
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This was an action of book account. The auditor reported the following facts: It appeared from the testimony offered that the plaintiffs, Roderick Baldwin, Henry R. Baldwin and Edwin D. Baldwin, by their own arrangements and agreement, were joint owners of a quantity of hay raised on land by them jointly carried on, and they had a joint interest in the same, both as to profit and loss, and that Henry R. Baldwin, one of the plaintiffs, sold and delivered to the defendant thirty-six and one-half tons of the aforesaid hay at $15.00 per ton, to be delivered at the depot at North Ferrisburgh,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Steele, J.
The question may be stated for convenience, as if all the facts found by the auditor, were conceded by the parties and had been pleaded. The plaintiffs’ account is for the price of a quantity of hay which they owned as partners, and which the defendant bought. The defendant resists payment upon the ground that he purchased the hay as an agent for one William Keach, and not for himself. The plaintiffs admitting that.the defendant did in fact purchase it for Keach, reply that the sale was made by Henry Baldwin, one of the plaintiffs, to the…
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