Winchester & Partridge Manufacturing Co. v. Funge

109 U.S. 651 (1884)

WINCHESTER & PARTRIDGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
v.
FUNGE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Submitted December 6th, 1883. Decided January 7th, 1884. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF UTAH TERRITORY.

Mr. F.S. Richards, and Mr. R.K. Williams for appellant.

Mr. James N. Kimball, Mr. Abbot R. Heywood, and Mr. Enos D. Hoge for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

We are of opinion that, on the terms of the receipt which expressed the contract between the parties, the appellant or its agents were required to determine, on receiving the wagons, whether they were in good condition and merchantable order, and were at liberty to reject them if not meeting those conditions; that the receiving the 21 and proceeding to sell them was an acceptance of the 21 in payment pro tanto of the claim; that the contract for the payment in wagons was unfulfilled as to the 4 wagons not delivered; and that the price for which the 19 wagons were sold, and the selling value of the 2 not sold, have no bearing on the case under the first count, unless there be a surplus of the proceeds of sale, to be refunded to the appellee under the contract.

As to the second count, it sets forth a good cause of action. That count does not involve on its face any question as to the contract evidenced by the receipt embodied in the first count.

The judgment of the supreme court is reversed, with direction to it to reverse the judgment of the district court, and to take or direct such further proceedings in the suit as may be according to law and in conformity with this opinion.