Haldeman v. Berry

The agent of the defendants, one James H. Mason, of Detroit, Mich., contracted on their behalf with one A. B. Dean, of Louisville, Ky., to purchase of said Dean 1,000 tons of free asphaltum, at $40 per ton, to be delivered in Detroit as soon and as fast as said Dean desired. This contract was closed by letter of acceptance from Mason to Dean, of date November 9, 1881. December 10, 1881, Mr. Dean died, of yellow fever, in Cuba, where the asphaltum to be delivered under the contract was being mined. February 14, 1882, Lewis Collins, an attorney, of Louisville, and administrator of the estate of…