Seymour & Co. v. Perry
Seymour & Co. v. Perry
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
This is an action on a contract of sale of cotton. There was testimony that tended to show that at the request of the defendant the plaintiffs sold to Cooper & Griffin 100 bales of cotton, of which the defendant was to be responsible for 34 bales; that at the request of the defendant the plaintiffs bought and delivered the cotton to the purchasers. The plaintiffs claim that, while the price for which they sold the cotton was 26j4 cents per pound, on account of a rise in the price of cotton to 32cents per pound they sustained a loss On the 34 bales of $1,020. The defendant moved for a nonsuit on the ground that the contract was void under the statute of frauds, not being in writing. • The motion ’ was refused, and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff for $500. From the judgment for the plaintiff entered on this verdict, the defendant appealed.
I. In appellant’s argument he says:
The answer to that question can only be determined by the facts, and, as there was a conflict in the evidence', it was a question of fact, and not of law. The first. assignment of error cannot be sustained.
The judgment appealed from is affirmed.
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