Maryland Fertilizing & Manufacturing Co. v. Lorentz
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The appellees sued the appellant, a corporation, for the breach of a contract the nature of which is stated in the opinion of the Court. A failure having occurred in the execution of the contract on the part of the plaintiffs, the agent of the defendant wrote them the following letter: Baltimore, Sept. 4th, 1873. Mess.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The appellees sued the appellant, a corporation, for the breach of a contract the nature of which is stated in the opinion of the Court. A failure having occurred in the execution of the contract on the part of the plaintiffs, the agent of the defendant wrote them the following letter: Baltimore, Sept. 4th, 1873. Mess. Lorentz & Rittler, Baltimore, Gents: — We will have to insist upon your furnishing ns with acid according to your contract with our President, Mr. Sangston, otherwise we will he compelled to procure it from some other source,…
1Opinion of the CourtBowie, J.
The appellees, Lorentz and others, sued the appellant, The Maryland Fertilizing Company, on the 4th of April, .1874, to recover damages for the breach of a contract, entered into between the parties, by letters-dated respectively the 27th and 28th May, 1873.
On the date first mentioned, the appellees addressed a letter to L. Sangston, Esq., President of the appellant’s Company, offering to furnish 12,000 carboys of vitriol, * * * equal to 1,620,000 lbs., calculating the.carboys at the *227average rate of 135 lbs., at the price of $1.40 per 100 lbs., against their four months note without interest,…
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