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Smith v. . Countryman

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 5, 1864PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial district. The action is to recover damages for the breach of a contract to deliver a quantity of hops. The defendant agreed in writing with one H. R. Wood to sell and deliver to him, at the railroad depot at Fort Plain, all his crop of hops for the year 1860, put up in bales and delivered in good merchantable order, on the 20th of October in that year.

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Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial district. The action is to recover damages for the breach of a contract to deliver a quantity of hops. The defendant agreed in writing with one H. R. Wood to sell and deliver to him, at the railroad depot at Fort Plain, all his crop of hops for the year 1860, put up in bales and delivered in good merchantable order, on the 20th of October in that year. Wood was to receive and pay for the hops twelve and a half cents per pound. The defendant’s crop that year amounted to 3,409 pounds. Wood -was ready and willing to receive and…

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bennett v. . JudsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  2. Valton v. . the National Fund Life Assurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
  3. Taylor v. FleetNew York Supreme Court · 1847
  4. Warner v. DanielsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1845

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Schuyler v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  2. Hammond v. . PennockNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  3. Fairchild v. . McMahonNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  4. Seneca Wire & Manufacturing Co. v. A. B. Leach & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
  5. Lindlots Realty Corp. v. County of SuffolkNew York Court of Appeals · 1938

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