Tennessee Supreme Court, 1847

McClellan v. Cunningham

McClellan v. Cunningham
Tennessee Supreme Court · Decided September 15, 1847 · Reese
1 Thompson 30; 1 Shan. Cas. 15

McClellan v. Cunningham

Opinion of the Court

Reese, J.,

delivered the opinion of the'Court:

The promise contained in the paper signed by McClellan was not nudum pactum, but the word “deliverable” in that paper, and the letter of McClellan, from Washington city, were sufficient to authorise the jury to infer an agreement on the part of Cunningham to deliver. the morus multicaulis roots and cuttings.

Judgment affirmed.

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