Ennis v. Buckeye Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action for breach of a written contract, made October 11, 1888, by which the plaintiffs agreed to do the press-work for, and to fold and paste, a semi-monthly publication of the defendant, for the period of two years; the defendant agreeing to continue the publication during that period, to publish at least 50,000 copies of each issue, to deliver at times specified the material for each issue, and to pay plaintiffs $2.20 for each thousand copies printed and delivered by…
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Action for breach of a written contract, made October 11, 1888, by which the plaintiffs agreed to do the press-work for, and to fold and paste, a semi-monthly publication of the defendant, for the period of two years; the defendant agreeing to continue the publication during that period, to publish at least 50,000 copies of each issue, to deliver at times specified the material for each issue, and to pay plaintiffs $2.20 for each thousand copies printed and delivered by them. The complaint alleges performance by plaintiffs until March 1,1889, and continued readiness to perform since that…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
General damages — that is, such as the law presumes necessarily to have accrued from the wrong complained of— need not be specially alleged.. To this class belongs the loss of profits to spring as the direct result of work done at a contract price, and which are prevented by the wrongful act of the defendant. Burrell v. New York & Saginaw Salt Co., 14 Mich. 34. And when the contract is entire, and the breach total, the plaintiff may recover his whole damages, present and prospective, for the loss of his contract, in a single action, and these may be established by showing the difference…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Burrell v. New York & Saginaw Solar Salt Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1865
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