Demarest v. Dunton Lumber Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
At Law. Motion to set aside verdict and for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict is contrary to and unsupported by the evidence: and that, if in any view plaintiff can maintain the action, the damages are excessive.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
This action was brought by the above-named plaintiff, Charles R. Demarest, assignee of one Alfred Van-horn, to recover the damages which Vanhorn claimed he sustained by the failure of the defendant, the Dunton Lumber Company, to perform a written contract made by it with W. E. Kelley & Co. for the sale and delivery of lumber to Kelley & Co.(1) December 11, 1900, W. E. Kelley & Co., of Portland, Me., as party of the first part, entered into a written contract with the Dunton Lumber Company, of the same state, as party of the second part, whereby the first party agreed to…
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- Boston Ice Co. v. PotterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
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