Magruder v. Gage
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. The facts of the case are sufficiently set out in the Court’s opinion. The several exhibits referred to in the prayer, incorporated in the opinion, are the letters, bill of lading and invoice, referred to in the earlier part of the opinion. The plaintiff’s fifth prayer, mentioned in the dissenting opinion, is the one set out by the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The appellants, residents of Annapolis, wrote to the appellees, ice-dealers in Boston, to know upon what terms they would sell to them a cargo of ice, in answer to which they received the following reply.
“For a cargo to be shipped before the 10th of July, we shall charge you $5, per ton, and will get the freight as low as possible.”
By letter of July 1st, 1863, the appellants directed the appellees to send a cargo of one hundred and fifty tons, and authorized them to get the freight as low as possible. On the 13th of July, the appellees wrote to the appellants, advising them of the shipment,…
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