Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1860

Newton v. Winchester

Newton v. Winchester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1860 · Dewey
82 Mass. 208

Counsel

G. H. Whitney, for the plaintiff,, C. H. B. Snow, for the defendants.

Newton v. Winchester

Opinion of the Court

Dewey, J.

This action may be maintained, notwithstanding the objection that the whole timber had not been delivered when the action was brought. By the supplemental agreement of 17th February 1858, the contract ceased to be an entire one, and the new contract postponing the performance of a certain portion of the original contract does not prevent the recovery for the timber that is the subject of the present action. For this timber, to the extent that it remains unpaid for, the plaintiff may recover in this action.

Judgment for the plaintiff.

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