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  "id": 8657785,
  "name": "W. B. DRAKE, Jr., Receiver of the RALEIGH MILLING COMPANY, v. B. J. SPENCER",
  "name_abbreviation": "Drake v. Spencer",
  "decision_date": "1920-03-17",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "683",
  "last_page": "684",
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      "cite": "179 N.C. 683"
    }
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
  },
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    "id": 5,
    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "W. B. DRAKE, Jr., Receiver of the RALEIGH MILLING COMPANY, v. B. J. SPENCER."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nThis action was brought by the plaintiff as receiver of the Raleigh Grain and Milling Company to recover damages on account of failure of the defendant to perform a contract to sell to the Raleigh Grain and Milling Company 1,700 bushels of corn, for which the milling company agreed to pay $1,184 per bushel f. o. b. Wysocking, N. C., and was to furnish the bags in which the corn was to be shipped.\nNo exceptions to the evidence are presented in the record, and only one exception to the charge. Upon a careful examination of the evidence and the charge, we are unable to find any error committed by the court in presenting the case to the jury. The. questions involved are matters of fact, and appear to have been clearly and fairly presented to the jury.\nNo error.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Per Curiam."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Willis Smith and J. Crawford Biggs for plaintiff.",
      "Ward & Grimes for defendant."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "W. B. DRAKE, Jr., Receiver of the RALEIGH MILLING COMPANY, v. B. J. SPENCER.\n(Filed 17 March, 1920.)\nEvidence \u2014 Instructions\u2014Controverted Facts.\nIn this action to recover damages for breach of contract of sale of a lot of corn, each party alleging breach thereof by the other, there was no exception of record to evidence and Hel\u00e9, the controversy was one of fact and there was no error in the charge excepted to.\nCivil aotion, tried before Gui\u00f3n, J., at November Term, 1919, of Wake, upon these issues:\n\u201c1. Did the Raleigh Grain and Milling Company make a contract with the defendant for a lot of corn, as alleged? Answer: \u2018Yes.\u2019\n\u201c2. Was tbe Raleigb Grain and Milling Company ready, able, and willing to perform the contract on its part ? Answer: \u2018Yes.\u2019\n\u201c3. Did the defendant Spencer refuse to perform his part of the contract? Answer: \u2018Yes.\u2019\n\u201c4. What damage, if any, is the plaintiff entitled to recover of the defendant Spencer? Answer: \u2018The difference between $1,184 and $1.64 per bushel, equal $775.20.\u2019 \u201d\nFrom the judgment rendered the defendant appealed.\nWillis Smith and J. Crawford Biggs for plaintiff.\nWard & Grimes for defendant."
  },
  "file_name": "0683-02",
  "first_page_order": 739,
  "last_page_order": 740
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