Court Opinion

ID: 4727478
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-08-12 02:52:58.302622+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:07:54.207725
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Mount, C. J.
The respondent brought this action to recover upon a contract for brush, cut and delivered to appellant. The cause was tried to the court without a jury, findings were made in favor of the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
The complaint alleges, a contract for four thousand cords of brush, at $1.30 per cord, to be delivered to appellant upon scows; that one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six cords were delivered, on which there was a balance' due amounting to $246.80; that one thousand two hundred and fifty cords were cut, which defendant without cause refused to receive, and plaintiff was thereupon damaged in the sum of $1,625; that plaintiff’s profits upon the balance of the four thousand cords would have been $50.75. The answer denied that there was a contract for more than one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six cords, and alleged that defendant had received that number of cords, and admitted a balance due amounting to $246.80, which was tendered and paid into court. The answer denied all the other allegations of the complaint. After *492hearing the evidence, the court found that the contract was for four thousand cords; that respondent had delivered one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six cords, at $1.30 per cord, and had out and offered to deliver one thousand twin hundred and fifty cords more, which appellant refused to receive; and that respondent had been damaged thereby in the sum of $555.
The only question 'presented on this appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to justify the finding that the contract was for four thousand cords. The contract was oral. We have carefully examined the evidence in the record and find that testimony of the plaintiff and his witnesses was to the effect that the contract was for at least four thousand cords. The testimony of the defendant and his witnesses,was to the effect that the contract was for four sciow loads and as much more as defendant required, a scow load being about two hundred cords. The decision of the case depends, therefore, upon the credibility of the witnesses. We think the trial court was justified in finding in favor of the plaintiff.
The judgment is therefore affirmed.
Dunbab, Boot, Fullebton, and Cbow, JJ., concur.