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1 Brayt. 227

Wood v. Beeman

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided July 1, 1819

Supreme Court of Vermont · decided 1819-07-01

ACTION on note of the following tenor ; “Fairfax, June 25, 1815. “For value received, I promise to pay John Wood, forty-five dollars, forty cents’ worth of good, clear white pine lumber, such as floor plank, clapboards, and other clear boards, delivered at some of the saw-mills, in Fairfax, when called on — afso, eighteen thousand good short shingles, by the first of January next, and two thousand feet of good merchantable white pine boards, on demand, all of which are to be…

Decided 1819-07-01

By the Court:

¶11. As to the lumber to be delivered on demand, it was the duty of the defendant, when called on, to designate the place at which he would deliver the lumber, and to deliver it to the plaintiff; it does not appear that lumber, to answer the note, was offered at defendant’s mill; the offer at Shepardson’s mill was no tender ; if did not place any lumber, unconditionally, at the disposal of the plaintiff.

¶22. The defendant could not fulfil the contract relative to the shingles, without performing some act which would designate the particular shingles set apart for the satisfaction of the plaintiff’s demand ; merely having them on hand would not be sufficient.

¶3New trial not granted.

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