Sunny South Grain Co. v. Webb-Sumner Oil Co.

This was an action by the appellant against the appellee to recover damages for the breach of an alleged contract to ship 200 tons of cotton seed cake alleged to have been sold by appellee to appellant for delivery during February, 1921.

The trial was by the court without the intervention of a jury. The court found that there was a breach of the contract, and awarded the plaintiff (appellant) nominal damages only, holding that the damages claimed were speculative. As there was no cross-appeal by the appellee to test the correctness of the court’s finding against the appellee on the facts, the…