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80 Ala. 30

Kennedy v. Eureka Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 15, 1885

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1885-12-15

Tried before the Hon. S. IT. Spjrott. This was an action brought by Flouss & Kennedy, a partnership, against the Eureka Company, a domestic corporation, to recover damages for an alleged breach of a contract set out in the complaint, which is in the following language : “ The plaintiffs claim of the defendant one thousand dollars for the breach of the condition of an agreement entered into by and between the plaintiffs and the defendant, which was in words and figures as…

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1918

2 state decisions

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Decided 1885-12-15

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SOMERVILLE, J.

¶1It is our opinion that the Circuit Court placed the correct construction upon the contract set out in the complaint. By its terms it imposed no obligation on the plaintiff to unioad the cars except “ at such times and places as may be ordered ” by the defendant. The defendant would not, therefore, be liable to pay the contract price agreed to be paid for unloading the cars of lime rock, unless such service was ordered or directed, or unless it had been actually performed by the express or implied authority of the defendant, or its corporate agents or officers. The complainant fails to aver either of these alternatives. The failure of the defendant to order the service to be performed was within its discretion, and was not actionable, even had it been declared as a breach, which is not the case.

¶2The demurrer was properly sustained, and the judgment is affirmed.

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