Legal Opinion

Garber v. Goldstein

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided December 15, 1917PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Action to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract in preventing the plaintiff from taking possession of a certain store theretofore leased to him by the defendant, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Wolfe, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $374, and appeal by the defendant.

1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.

That part of the case which requires discussion is confined to a single issue.

Both parties agree that they entered into an oral agreement, the terms of which were in part contained in the following instrument, Exhibit A, executed and delivered to the plaintiff by the defendant:—

New Haven, Conn.

Received of Mr. S. Garber the sum of $40 as a deposit on store 122 Congress Avenue for the sum of $80 per month from March 15,1915, to March 15,1916, and the remainder of two years at the rate of $85 per month.

Isaac Goldstein.

The defendant claimed in evidence, that as a part of the agreement the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sanders v. Pottlitzer Bros. Fruit Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
  2. Nichols v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1834
  3. Shelinsky v. FosterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
  4. Fisk's Appeal From Doings of CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
  5. Johnson v. Phœnix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1878

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Scala v. Airport CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1966
  2. Burkle v. Superflow Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
  3. Rayhol Co. v. HollandSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
  4. Atlantic Terra Cotta Co. v. Chesapeake Terra Cotta Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
  5. Handy v. BarclaySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922

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