Goddard v. Demerritt

Jul 1, 1859
Reporters:
Before:
Goodenow

The opinion of the Court was announced by

Goodenow, J.

The defendants cannot succeed ‍​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‍in their defence by force of the statute of frauds. The evidence, without the deposition of Dodge, is sufficient to prove that the *212lumber ‍​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‍sued for, with the exception of the 16,600 clapboards, was put on board the Batavia, for and on account of the defendants.

For this ‍​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‍the plaintiff is entitled to recover according to the p/rices agreed upon; and, for the clapboards saved, so much in addition, as they ‍​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‍were worth after the wreck, in the hands of the defendants, deducting salvage and all expenses.

Defendants defaulted; — .damages to be assessed by the Judge ‍​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‍at Nisi Prius.

Tenney, O. J., Rice, Appleton, Davis and Kent, JJ., concurred.