Court Opinion

ID: 6164251
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-05 18:29:49.503244+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:55:33.930670
License: Public Domain

Van Wyok,
J. At the opening of the trial, defendant moved to dismiss the first cause of action set forth in the complaint, on the ground that on demand plaintiffs had served a bill of particulars which left out everything referring to the first cause of action. This motion was denied, and properly so; for, if the bill of particulars served was insufficient, the defendant should nave moved for a further and additional bill. The defendant then demanded that plaintiffs elect as to which cause Of action they desired to go to trial on, and plaintiffs so elected the first cause of action, and withdrew entirely their second alleged cause. The plaintiffs had put in evidence this order from defendant to plaintiffs: “Will you please ship me H. M. A. 100/1, 75/2, 50/3, 4, 5, 50/6-7-8-9-10. And if you please you can send me at the same time 50/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, of Colonial.” The plaintiffs shipped to defendant the books called for by the first sentence of the above order, and sued for their value, but did not ship the books referred to in the second sentence of such order. The defendant contends that plaintiffs were compelled to ship all of the books referred to in said order, and that in default thereof they could not recover for those shipped. The two sentences of this order are so worded as to allow the plaintiffs to either ship the books called for by the first and recover for their value, or.to ship and recover for all the goods called for by both; but they would not be permitted to ship the goods mentioned in the second sentence and recover therefor without also shipping those called for by *451the first, for those mentioned in the second were to be shipped “at the same time” as those requested by the first. The evidence to sustain plaintiffs’ cause, although somewhat meager, is ample to justify the verdict in their favor, and the same should not be disturbed. Judgment affirmed, with costs.