Alleged Breach of Contract by an Exeter Firm. At the Torquay County Court, on Saturday before Judge Fortescue and a grand jury there was a long and somewhat interesting case – Gibbons v. Finch and Finch, in which the plaintiff, Mr. David Gibbons, landlord of the Commercial Hotel. Torquay sued the defendants Messrs. George and Chares Find, wine and spirits merchants of Exeter, for breach of Contract. … (disagreement as to the purchase price for brandy agreed to). … Mr. W. Pinsent, brewer and wine and spirit merchant, Newton, said that at the time the brandies contracted for were due to be delivered by the defendants – namely, March 1876 – the price of brandies were from 5s 9d per gallon … … (continues) … … After consulting for three quarters of an hour the jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff for £18 15s.
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920