Lowrie v. Baldwin

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, C.J.

The plaintiff claimed of the defendants $400,000 damages for breach of contract. It was conceded that two of the counts were assumpsit, the circuit court holding that the third count which the defendants claimed to be tort alleged a cause which arose out of the contract set forth in the other counts. The original complaint included Helen K Mead, Mary T. Hitchcock, Harriet O. Coleman and Caroline C. Westervelt who were not defendants in the amended complaint. The others, except Alexander who was not served and did not appear, filed separate demurrers to the…