Cramer v. . Grand Rapids Show Case Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered December 8, 1914, modifying and affirming as modified a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The measure of damages adopted, viz., expected profits, was erroneous. (Witherbee v. Meyer, 155 N. Y. 446; 8 Am. & Eng.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered December 8, 1914, modifying and affirming as modified a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The measure of damages adopted, viz., expected profits, was erroneous. (Witherbee v. Meyer, 155 N. Y. 446; 8 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law [2d ed.], 627; 1 Sedg. on Dam. [9th ed.] 183, 197; Central Coal & Coke Co. v. Hartman, 111 Fed. Rep. 97; Griffin v. Culver, 16 N. Y. 489; Wehle v.…
1Opinion of the CourtHogan, J.
In May, 1910, the plaintiffs, residents of Watkins, Schuyler county,. formed a copartnership to carry on the business of dealing in ladies’ furnishings in the city of Amsterdam. The plaintiff Gurnett, though a business, man, had no previous experience in that line of business. The plaintiff Cramer had taught school in Amsterdam from September, 1909, until sometime in May, 1910, when she secured employment in a department store in the city of Elmira, and worked there from May 26th, 1910, until the latter part of July following.
Early in May, 1910, the plaintiffs leased a store in the city of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wakeman v. Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Witherbee v. . MeyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Dickinson v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
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