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58 N.H. 323

French v. Smith

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided June 5, 1878

Supreme Court of New Hampshire · decided 1878-06-05

Assumpsit, on a note given for the price of goods sold by the plaintiff to the defendant. The goods were the stock and fixtures of a restaurant. The plaintiff had, in the restaurant, intoxicating liquors, which he either sold or gave to the defendant at the time of the sale of the other goods.

Decided 1878-06-05

Doe, C. J.

¶1 There being no estoppel, tiie liquors were sold, if the understanding of the parties (proved by competent evidence) was that they were included in the sale : they were a gift, if the parties understood they were a gift. A transaction, intended and understood to be a sale, would be a sale, whatever pretence of a donation might be made. The instruction requested was properly refused, because the parties understood that the defendant was to have the liquors, whether they were sold or whether tliey were given to Mm.

¶2 Judgment on the verdict.

Smith, J., did not sit.
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