White v. Reynolds

X verdict and judgment in an action on the case, for not performing a contract, is. conclusive evidence in an action on a bond between the same parties, as to the facts passed upon in the first suit. Whether a contract was rescinded by the acts of the parties, is a matter of fact for the jury. In an action on a bond, given in consideration that a certain quantity of boards will be delivered at a certain time and place, which were delivered according to contract, but not received by the obligoi;, hut. afterwards sold by the persons deliver-! ing them, the measure of damages which the obligee is entitled to recover on the bofidj ¡$ the diffei'eiice Between the contract price and that at which the boards were sold.

Error to Cranford county. This was an action on a bond given by White to Reynolds, conditioned for the payment of $1500, on the 1st of April, 1821; the. consideration of which was one hundred and fifty thousand feet of boards, to be delivered by Reynolds and Crary to White, part at' Maysville and part at Cincinnatti. Previously to the institution of this suit, White had brought an action, on the case against Reynolds ánd Crary, for not delivering the boards according to their contract, in which a verdict and. judgment were rendered for the' defendants. , ... , The defendant’s counsel requested the Court to charge the jury on the following points: 1. That, if there was a misrepresentation made to the defendant by the plaintiff and Crary, or either of them, as to the quantity^ or quality of the boards at Maysville, which induced him to enter into the contract, the plaintiff cannot recqver. 2. That if the boards at Maysville or Cincinnatti, or either of those places, were refused to the defendant by the agents, and not delivered, or offered to be delivered, according to the true meaning and ¡spirit of the contract, the plaintiff cannot recover. 3. That the plaintiff, and his partner Crary, taking possession of the boards afterwards, exercising acts of ownership over them, and disposing of them, was a recision of the, contract on the part of fhe plaintiff, and he cannot now enforce the bond, or any part of it; against the defendant. 4. That if on the aforesaid points, the facts do not warrant the defendant’s conclusions, yet plaintiff can only recover the difference between the contract price and the actual sales. 5‘. ThaCrary, the partner of the plaintiff, having received and' disposed of his share of the boards, as appears by his own evidence,' and he claims no interest in this suit, the plaintiff, on the princi-' pies contained in the last point, can only recover the difference in price for one-half of the boards. . To the first and second points the court answered, that the ver~ diet and judgment in the former suit, between the same parties, were conclusive of the facts then tried, that Reynolds and Crary had not violated their contract. To the third point: that the evidence did not support it. The fourth point was answered affirmatively. And the fifth point thus: “Crary and Reynolds agreed that the whole price of these boards should be made payable to Mr. Reynolds; and this bond was so taken. Mr. Crary having given the orders for the delivery of the boards, and never having interfered or refused to detain them, his interest is immaterial, and this point untenable. The settlement of the partnership accounts between Crary and Reynolds, it appears, has been made, and there is no reason for bringing in those matters into the suit on this bond. ’