N. K. Fairbank Co. v. Belcher Cotton Oil Co.
N. K. Fairbank Co. v. Belcher Cotton Oil Co.
Opinion of the Court
This is a suit for the breach of an alleged contract to sell and deliver 36,000 gallons of oil at fifteen and one-half cents per gallon. The damages sought to be recovered is the difference between said price and the market value of the oil at the time it should have been delivered under the contract. There was a general denial. The case was tried by the court without a jury, and a judgment given for plaintiff for $1,350, from which defendant appealed.
On the trial the plaintiff introduced the broker (Claiborne), through whom he claimed to have purchased the product. This witness testified positively to all of the terms of the sale as alleged in the petition, and stated that he executed a memorandum in triplicate showing the transaction, and mailed a copy to each of the parties, and preserved the third for himself. Conceding that there is much fdrce in the discussion of the learned counsel for appellant intended to demonstrate, in the light of the contrary evidence adduced
The judgment is affirmed.
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