Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. v. Hayne & Co.
Citations
- 76 Miss. 538
Syllabus
<p>1. Railroads. Carriage of goods. Unreasonable delay. Quarantine. Notice to consignors.</p> <p>An instruction that if a i-ailway company knew when it received goods for shipment that it could not deliver them on account of quarantine restrictions upon its traffic it is liable for loss caused by delay, is erroneous, for want of the qualification that there must also have been a failure to notify the consignor of such inability.</p> <p>2. Same. Instruction.</p> <p>It is also error to charge the jury with reference to such knowledge on the part of the carrier in the absence of any evidence of the same.</p>
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- holding that terms of preliminary informal agreement must be sufficiently definite as to leave no essential term to .future agreement
- concluding that oral acceptance of written offer is sufficient to satisfy statute of frauds if person making offer is party charged
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Judges: Whitfield
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