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DEWEY v. WEST FAIRMONT GAS COAL CO.

123 U.S. 329 (1887)

DEWEY v. WEST FAIRMONT GAS COAL COMPANY. WEST FAIRMONT GAS COAL COMPANY v. DEWEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 21, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Daniel Lamb, Mr. William H. Hearne, and Mr. Henry M. Russell, for Dewey and others.

Mr. William P. Hubbard and Mr. James Morrow, Jr., for the West Fairmont Gas Coal Co.

MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.

In October, 1872, a contract was entered into between the firm of Dewey, Vance & Company and the West Fairmont Gas Coal Company, the terms of which are stated in a letter from the former to the president of the coal company, dated October 7, 1872, as follows: "We beg to ratify our verbal agreement of October 4th, by which you are to deliver us until July, in 1873...

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