Ruffatti v. Société Anonyme des Mines de Lexington
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District. Hon. George W. Bartch, Judge. Action by Joseph Ruffatti against Société Anonyme Des Mines De Lexington and another to recover damages for breach of contract. From a judgment for plaintiff against the company, it appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District. Hon. George W. Bartch, Judge. Action by Joseph Ruffatti against Société Anonyme Des Mines De Lexington and another to recover damages for breach of contract. From a judgment for plaintiff against the company, it appeals. The opinion states the facts except the following: There was an agreement entered into in open court between the counsel in the case and noted by the reporter, that either counsel might take any exceptions to the charge given or any part of it, or the refusal to give any charge requested, but no exceptions were…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
This is an action commenced by the plaintiff to recoYer the sum of $15,998.66 from the defendants. The jury returned a Yerdict for $5,000 against the corporation commonly known as the Lexington Mining Company, its exact title being the Société Anonyme des Mines de Lexington, a corporation organized under the laws of France. The action is upon a contract for damages arising from a breach of it by the defendants. In substance the complaint is that in December, 1890, the plaintiff^ and the defendants, to-wit, the mining company and one Lavag-nino, made a contract by which the plaintiff…
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