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Wells v. Alexandre

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 1, 1891
130 N.Y. 642 (N.Y. 1891)
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In Wells v. Alexandre, 130 N.Y. 642, 29 N.E. 142, 15 L.R.A. 218, the court held that the sale of steamers after making a contract for the supply of coal to them for one year did not relieve the original owners from the obligation to take the coal that the ordinary and accustomed use of the steamers required.

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Opinion

Argued October 13, 1891

Decided December 1, 1891

Geo. Bethune Adams for appellant.

Lewis Cass Ledyard for respondents.

PARKER, J., reads for reversal.

All concur, except HAIGHT, J., dissenting.

Judgment reversed.

Summaries of

Wells v. Alexandre

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 1, 1891
130 N.Y. 642 (N.Y. 1891)

In Wells v. Alexandre, 130 N.Y. 642, 29 N.E. 142, 15 L.R.A. 218, the court held that the sale of steamers after making a contract for the supply of coal to them for one year did not relieve the original owners from the obligation to take the coal that the ordinary and accustomed use of the steamers required.

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In Wells v. Alexandre, the quantity, quality and price of the coal were definite and the times within which deliveries were to be begun and finished were specifically stated.

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In Wells v. Alexandre (130 N.Y. 642) the court speaks of a readiness to infer things needful to supplement express terms if "any other construction would make the contract unreasonable and place one of the parties entirely at the mercy of the other."

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In Wells v. Alexandre (130 N.Y. 642) the defendants agreed to purchase from the plaintiff at a certain specified price all coal necessary for the use of certain steamships running on a steamship line between New York and Cuba, of which they were the owners during the year 1888. During that year the defendants sold the said steamers and ceased to operate them.

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Case details for

Wells v. Alexandre

Case Details

Full title:MARGARET WELLS, Appellant, v . FRANCIS ALEXANDRE et al., Respondents

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 1, 1891

Citations

130 N.Y. 642 (N.Y. 1891)
41 N.Y. St. Rptr. 334
29 N.E. 142

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