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48 N.Y. 365

Beck v. . Sheldon

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 5, 1872

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1872-01-05

This was an action to recover the balance due upon a sale of iron. On the 6th of February, 1864, the plaintiff contracted to sell and deliver to the defendants “ 800 gross tons Poughkeepsie foundry pig iron, at forty-five dollars per ton for Ho. 1, and forty-four dollars per ton for Ho. 2; cash on delivery at wharf at Poughkeepsie.” Plaintiff was the manufacturer of iron known in the market as Ho. 1 and Ho. 2 Poughkeepsie foundry pig iron.

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Decided 1872-01-05

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¶1It appears from the evidence that there are kinds of iron known in the market as No. 1 and No. 2 Poughkeepsie pig iron; and these kinds are distinguished from each other by the size of the granulation or crystallization — the former being softer and of coarser grain than the latter. It was these two kinds of iron which the plaintiff contracted to sell to the defendants. *374

¶2The plaintiff did not warrant that the iron was fit for any particular purpose, or that it was of any particular quality.

¶3If we assume that the plaintiff was bound to deliver merchantable qualities of Nos. 1 and 2 pig iron, it does not aid the defense, as there was no proof, certainly no uncontroverted proof, that the iron delivered was not merchantable. It would not make good stoves when mixed in the proportions of two-thirds of No. 1 and one-third of No. 2. And yet there is no proof that it would not make good stoves when mixed with other iron, or that it was not very useful and valuable for many other purposes besides the manufacture of stoves.

¶4The justice who tried the cause having found the making of the contract, and that the plaintiff had fully performed it on his part, found all that it was important for either party that he should find; and his conclusion of law is fully sustained by the findings of fact and the evidence.

¶5The judgment should, therefore, be affirmed, with costs.

¶6All concur. LOTT, Ch. C., not sitting.

¶7Judgment affirmed.

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