Sunflower Oil Co. v. Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEARS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI. The court stated the case as follows: This was an intervening petition by the Sunflower Oil Company to enforce the specific performance of a contract by the railway company to purchase certain engines and cars until a balance of $6732.15 claimed to be due should' have been paid and discharged; and a cross-petition by the receiver to recover freights earned, in the sum of…
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APPEARS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI. The court stated the case as follows: This was an intervening petition by the Sunflower Oil Company to enforce the specific performance of a contract by the railway company to purchase certain engines and cars until a balance of $6732.15 claimed to be due should' have been paid and discharged; and a cross-petition by the receiver to recover freights earned, in the sum of $10,258.86, in excess of the rental of such engines and cars. The case arises upon the following facts: In 1877 the Mobile and…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice Beown,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.(1) This case turns upon the construction of the contract of October 6, 1883, between the Sunflower Oil Company and the Mobile and Northwestern Eailway Company, the substantial provisions of which were that the oil company should purchase of a manufacturer certain rolling stock, which it should lease to the railway company at a rent equal to 8 per cent upon the' cost price, the latter agreeing to purchase the same of the oil company on or before January 1, 1886, and pay for it in cash, with, a proviso that, in case…
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