Bugbee v. Blood
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, December Term, 1873, Barrett, J., presiding. Plaintiff gave evidence tending to prove that in July, 1871, Mrs. Blood, wife of defendant, applied to the plaintiff, who is a blacksmith by trade, and also carries on the business, to some extent, of making wagons, to make for her what she called a “ school omnibus,” and put on the wheels or running part of a carriage she then had ; that she described what she wanted, as a…
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Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, December Term, 1873, Barrett, J., presiding. Plaintiff gave evidence tending to prove that in July, 1871, Mrs. Blood, wife of defendant, applied to the plaintiff, who is a blacksmith by trade, and also carries on the business, to some extent, of making wagons, to make for her what she called a “ school omnibus,” and put on the wheels or running part of a carriage she then had ; that she described what she wanted, as a carriage having seats upon each side and fore end, door behind, driver’s seat in front, and open from the driver’s seat so…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Wheeler, J.
According to the bill of exceptions, the plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that Mrs. Blood, wife of the defendant, applied to the plaintiff to have him “ make for her” the school omnibus in question, and that after negotiations “ it was finally agreed between them that the plaintiff should make such a carriage for her,” at the agreed price ; and this statement of the making of the contract is not in any way varied or affected by anything else that is stated in the exceptions. And according to this statement, he and she, and not he and the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carter v. HowardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1866
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