Rogers-Morgan Co. v. Webb
Rogers-Morgan Co. v. Webb
Opinion of the Court
Rogers-Morgan Company, a partnership composed of N. J. Rogers and W. A. Morgan, sued J. E. Webb for breach of a written contract to deliver cross-ties. The petition contained two
“Adrian, Ga., Nov. 28, 1922.
“J. E. Webb.
“Ship to: Order of Eogers-Morgap Co., Valdosta, Ga.
“How ship: As directed.
“Terms: Cash when loaded and B. of L. is issued by railroad. 15,000 mixed oak ties to be furnished by May 1, 1923, f. o. b. cars, prices and sizes as follows:
“#2 6x7x8'6", .37$!
“#3 6x8 or 7x7x8'6", .47$!
“#4 7x8x8'6", .57$!
“#5 7x9x8'6", .67$!
“To be taken up whenever three or four cars are ready.
“Eogers-Morgan Go.,
“by W. A. Morgan, “Valdosta, Ga., Box 74.
“Accepted: J. E. Webb.”
(6) “That under the terms of said contract petitioners and defendant meant, and, according to the general custom as applied to such terms, such contract meant that petitioners were to pay to defendant for said cross-ties at the prices set out in said contract, and that the ties were to be delivered to petitioner in f. o. b. cars at the nearest point of shipment from where the cross-ties were to be manufactured, which nearest point in this case was and is Adrian, Ga.” (7) “That at the time petitioners and defendant entered into said contract of sale both petitioners and defendant knew that the said cross-ties were to be manufactured by the defendant near Adrian, Ga., and that Adrian, Ga., was the nearest shipping point from where the ties were to be manufactured, and that Adrian; Ga., was the nearest logical shipping point, it being
By striking from the first count paragraphs 12 and 13, and substituting therefor the following paragraphs, we have the second count of the petition: (12) Before said contract was-entered into, petitioners had resold said cross-ties to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. (13) At the time and before said contract was entered into, petitioners informed the defendant that they had resold said cross-ties to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and that they would be compelled to make deliveries thereof in accordance with their said contract of resale. (14) Petitioners had a profit on said contract of resale of said cross-ties of 18^ per tie, and defendant, by having failed to make deliveries of said cross-ties in accordance with the terms of said contract, as shown by the foregoing facts, caused a loss to petitioners in the sum of $2649.24, besides interest, as aforesaid, which is to be added to the principal not as interest eo nomine, hut as a part of the damages suffered by petitioners, such interest to be added by the jury at their discretion.
The judgment sustaining the foregoing demurrer was error. The headnotes, considered in connection with the statement of the case, need no elaboration.-
Judgment reversed.
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