Shipp v. Bowen

This action was brought by the appellee, charging a violation of the following contract :

“iliffl?'cA20th, 1861. Received of Joshua Shipp fifty dollars, in part payment on four hundred merchantable hogs, no hog to weigh less than 60 lbs. gross, and as big and fat as can be conveniently made, to be delivered.and weighed at S. B. Bowen’s scale, from the 20th of August to the first day of September next, at Simon B. Bowen and Henry JEndsley’s. option . On all sows that are with pig there is to be a deduction made that will make them merchantable. The above hogs *45are to be paid for on delivery, at…