Dewar v. Taylor

Plaintiff: recovered judgment in the sum of $1,010, damages for breach of a contract by defendant, under which plaintiff was to log what afterward proved to be 505,000 feet of logs at $11 per thousand feet, the work having been stopped by defendant after part performance. The appeal is from the judgment and an order denying a motion for new trial.

Appellant specifies that the court erred in permitting plaintiff to prove damages for loss of profits under a general allegation of damages, and not specially pleaded. This was one of that class of contracts where the loss of prospective profits is…