Ramirez v. Villate
Ramirez v. Villate
Opinion of the Court
Instructions by
The facts sufficiently appear from tbe instructions.
Rodey, Judge, omitting the formal parts, gave the following charge and instructions to the jury:
This is the most usual kind of a controversy between merchants. The plaintiffs claim — and I believe it is not disputed — ■ that they sold defendants 900 pockets of rice from sample at $3.65 per pocket. The defendants state that when the rice arrived it was not up to sample in quality, and they deny that they in fact ever received or finally accepted it. Plaintiffs claim that defendants accepted some of it on the wharf. Defendants say it was brought to their warehouse and examined there, and that they refused it, save with a reduction in price. You must determine which side has the truth with it as to this.
1 If you believe, from a preponderance of the evidence, .that defendants never in fact finally accepted any of this rice, and that the same was not in fact up to the sample, as understood by the parties at the time the original sale was made, and that plaintiffs had proper notice of the refusal to receive it, then you should find for the defendants on the main issue, and further find in their favor such damages as you believe they are entitled to on the evidence, not exceeding the $2,000 they claim in their counterclaim, for the loss of the profit they would have made on the 811 pockets attempted to be delivered under the contract.
You are instructed that plaintiffs claim only for the 403 pockets which they say they delivered to defendants, but they also claim that they are entitled to get the market value, whieh
The verdict was for plaintiffs for 403 pockets of rice delivered, at $3.90 per pocket.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- SERGIO RAMIREZ & COMPANY v. VILLATE & COMPANY
- Status
- Published