Macan v. Scandinavia Belting Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 205, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Northampton Co., June T., 1917, No. 77, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George C. Macan, Jr., v. Scandinavia Belting Co. Assumpsit in foreign attachment for breach of contract. Before Stewart, P. J. At the trial defendant presented these points, inter alia: 5. The measure of damages claimed by the plaintiff is the value of the contract at the time of its alleged breach.
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Appeal, No. 205, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Northampton Co., June T., 1917, No. 77, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George C. Macan, Jr., v. Scandinavia Belting Co. Assumpsit in foreign attachment for breach of contract. Before Stewart, P. J. At the trial defendant presented these points, inter alia: 5. The measure of damages claimed by the plaintiff is the value of the contract at the time of its alleged breach. Such damages ar.e necessarily based on the loss of future unearned profits and are therefore, in view of the terms and conditions of the contract, so…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
A judgment was entered on a verdict for plaintiff in a suit to recover damages for breach of an exclusive sales-agency contract, and defendant appeals. The defenses were (1) the contract was rightfully terminated because plaintiff failed to perform his part; (2) plaintiff transferred, or assigned, the contract to a corporation known as the Macan Jr. Company, of which plaintiff was president and a stockholder, and if a right to damages accrued they belonged to the company and not to plaintiff; and (3) the question involving the merits of the claim were determined…
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