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2 Abb. Ct. App. 326

Harris v. Rathbun

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 15, 1866

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1866-03-15

William Harris sued Isaac Rathbun, to recover a balance due upon a contract. The plaintiff and defendant were lumbermen; the former engaged in manufacturing, and the latter in furnishing logs to be manufactured into lumber, and then selling it.

Decided 1866-03-15

Weight, J.

¶1(dissenting), expressed an opinion to the effect that by the provisions of the contract, the plaintiff was to take and pay for the lumber “ spoiled,” and all not sawed according to-the contract was within that description; that the defendant could not accept, remove and dispose of the lumber, and after-wards insist that the sawing was not done according to contract, and claim.damages on that ground; as his right to such damages did not survive the acceptance of the lumber by him.

¶2Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, costs to abide the event.

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