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1 Brayt. 77

Wait v. Fairbanks

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided July 1, 1817

Supreme Court of Vermont · decided 1817-07-01

Decided 1817-07-01

¶1A note of the following tenor, viz :

¶2^Wardsboro’, Jan. 9, 1813.

¶3f'For value received of Parly Fairbanks, I promise to pay. him, or his order, the sum of one hundred and ninety dollars of good custom cow-hide boots, at four dollars per pair ; said boots to be delivefed at my shop in Wardsboro’, in two years from the first day of January instant, one half of said boots to be hqrse-hide legs, and one half of the other to be good kip-skin legs —is ambiguous, and parol proof is admissible to shew the agreement and understanding of the parties, in relation to the kind, quality, and worth of the boots intended ; there being no definite meaning attached to |he words, “good Custom cow-hide,” &c,

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