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to , a, quejtloa o f law and'utterly at variance with right and coni-
though
they
had'HthVhard4kppd,io,
za'on 'BaQaa. r,, ,_'* ' ..............,'<( v' 1 Ttk.e gist of tha.Eoa.tt4f la that in Feb
pudlste the a'utticrity of TDsfrtcgtoo,
their salesman and representative/ t, *. I -SfreVanaiyfta of'FrofJ Rickstts -is ai
ruary, 187ft, Meedre/Miaury (fc .Spn sold though -J, O/ijarrfcgtoa^ theli,`repre
follows: I
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sentative, to Cranterfc some 3^500. ppmada of lead `.at al^e 'cents. perpjipyd-
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<5a ,'tbe' suggestibi^' of sM,r,
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that
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tbls 'was.below, the ' jjparkot .price, Mr. {
H -Mitst.
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(Gantcrfc) a. special .inducement for the ) Biow.........................
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purpose aecuxiag hla' euatero. Hut
M>. Gantert. still h*^ltat{og, re<jaired written warranty as.to its purity. CChis
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It turned oat that the--lead was adul terated with about thirty per cant of barytas, as appeared by * sclantlflc analy
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.sis byi Frof. Ricketts, of- the'- School' Of . _ Mines. /(2dr.X3antext:af ooca notified | Masury sod-returned. all'of the lead'exi*
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cept,.yb at he bad rapid, and by.reason of
Which hb. bad- besn.:pbUged-A*i*<fc4*Kj\
tbe. maledictions orbls.euato.mers-yiMa.
auz7. sued*;.Oentri .for bis-ibtll. Ja;-the
Msr.ne Court (which, we Infer, Is given
thls^ftiitlcal pppellalton rbecauae. it/is
generally afloat pa a sen of uooertalnty
and, confusion. -- at*. least this reoord
,wupld: justify snob. an<lnfsreDcs}.> It
lately came to IrlaL.-nTUe delivery of the
lead- was .admitted land MrJSGanUrt proved tbeilailuraot ;the/Contract by showing that-tbe.lead-was not'purs, altUp.ugh the Judge-refused to admit the acUotiflo analysis of Prof- Ricketts, be> cause* hs was; not present to .verify it. lit .also -.excluded. - tUeevIdecce: bt dam*
ages,
reason of; losacof business with
his customers to .whom.-be had sold the
lead, mod who were|.obtcour*fe'4hCCDed
.against
Gao text for- selling 'them
Impure dead**..The judge'held' that1 the only measure of damages wan the dlileionce, between, the price ob-pure load1 nod the price; at.*whleh It was*sold;> One' might . think tbatr.this was a clerical .error,-but tbosame ruling U-'afte later sUge-xaade la the same words.
i-.The jipabotiof .tbo-matte* .was that
the Judgethavtsg overruled the defence's
of Mr. Gkntertl'Mr.M&eury thought It besO.to-take t verdict* upon;`the; testi
mony of tbe defendant and udder an im plied admission of- tbo-impurity of the lead, and bydirection- of -th'e'Juflg'e,' 'ifho
probablyi havtng'&een corrected by the
plalntlft's attorney'as to the question of
damages','the*jury found for the plaintiff lS5.7fr*' erbldh*was aupposed;tb' be th
value otHfaft'!-*' llat 'thS barytes.' In
Other`Words, *Mr;(MBSuryt was content
to talcs** verd-Tdt-for that portion of the Lead which Gan text couid not return, it -having feded used 'by lils' ifleisaed oua-
tomr*,!at&the priorf of die cents per poundk' `jAs'Mjr; Maaury la a wise man, we may infer tbatlt'was wisdom on bis
part to avoid-the heccaelty of proving that the lead la question -wa* .purs, as
be 'warranted it."1 ``And although Mr. Gantert might wall feel aggrieved that
be'5 should be"- compelled to psy anything * loir lead'^adulterate3. with
thirty'per cent of barytejs. and which, wu warranted pure, and which wai'ot
so much damage to' him, yet we under stand that since/be has established tbe mala: fact he 1* content1 to abide the
result, rather than;trust blajself ,to {.he . nautical' uncertainties in oldentf.to'^or^
ther litigation in the Mapdiie t^oiu^T|
, Mrl G aziUH shys hairwillinW to psy five1
cents'J^ec`pound, * M he thinks It was
worth-'4 thattor the 'lead at least.
&e cialznayioo, tbit he gained a sub. staatlal^V&tory ov6- Meescs, Maaury *
.HASCBT TEBSTJS UAKTEllT.' >' { Son l as'-the-Cfrori rulod tbat tbe leka
We have bad tbe eaUsiaatlon'oC look*' ins at the rococdol the trial: of-J* W Mssury Jk Son versos .Paul :Gantert. We say aatlstactlon,''" for without-the record evidence we. should*: otherwlae never have been able tocomprebend how It mar be.tbats given- result in. Court as
was worth only five cents per pound, and the result .would: go to show thtft'.mka'n* faoturers could not sell Impure lead as the genuine-artlftlft with impunity. He suggests, too,, that their submissionlto thlarerdicfcon his owa^teatlmony alone,
Is a virtual admission'of thalr guilt, al
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