43 Vt. 542 | Vt. | 1871
The opinion of the court was delivered by
In this case we consider that, upon the facts reported, the contract for the liquors (except the wine,) must be regarded as having been made in the state of Connecticut. The defendant’s order, upon which the liquors were forwarded, having" been drawn at Brattleboro in this state, where the defendant resided, and forwarded by mail to the plaintiffs at their place of business, at New Haven, Connecticut, and the liquors delivered to the common carrier there in the ordinary and usual course of business, and thus transported to the defendant in this state, shows that the situs of the contract, for the purposes of the question involved, was in the state of Connecticut; and therefore the sale cannot be held void as made in contravention of our statute prohibiting the
The judgment of the county court is reversed and judgment for the plaintiffs for the amount of the account, (except the bill for the wine,) deducting therefrom the amount of the payments.