Legal Opinion
Miles v. Vermont Fruit Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 20, 1924PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSlack, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover damages because of defendant’s refusal to take and pay for a carload of potatoes which it is claimed he purchased from the plaintiff in July, 1920. Trial was had by jury resulting in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and the case is here on defendant’s exceptions.
The plaintiff and the defendant Fayette, who is the Vermont Fruit Company, are, and for many years have been, produce merchants; the former resides in the state of Maryland, and the latter resides in Burlington, this State. On July 17, 1920, the plaintiff sent the defendant a telegram which read:
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Stoops v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Mead v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Salmon Falls Manufacturing Co. v. GoddardSupreme Court of the United States · 1853
- Wellman v. MeadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1919
- New England Dressed Meat & Wool Co. v. Standard Worsted Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. StacySupreme Court of Vermont · 1932
- Currier v. LetourneauSupreme Court of Vermont · 1977
- Daniel v. PappasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- State v. SchoolcraftSupreme Court of Vermont · 1939
- William Feinstein Bros., Inc. v. LZ Hotte Granite Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1962
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