Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Cotten
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This record shows that in August, 1908, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company entered into a contract in writing with the Henderson Jarrett Co., Inc., of Norfolk, dealers in lumber, at Norfolk, Virginia, by which it was agreed *564that the lumber company would deliver to the railroad company, at Scranton, Pa., one hundred cars of “pine collar timber,” not peeled, to be not less than eighteen feet long, and 30 per cent. thereof to be ten inches in diameter, 30 per cent, twelve inches, 30 per cent, fourteen inches, and 10 per cent, sixteen inches, at the price of 13% cents per…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gerst v. Jones & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1879
- Martin's Administrator v. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Gray v. RumrillSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Parsons v. MaurySupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
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- Pettyjohn & Sons v. BashamSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
- In Re: WoodWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1941