Manney v. Burgess

RENFRO, Justice.

Plaintiff Burgess sued defendant E. E. Manney, d/b/a The Manney Company, for damages for breach of contract.

Plaintiff was author of some western stories he desired to have published as a book. He alleged that he entered into a contract with defendant, whereby defendant was to print, publish, illustrate, furnish dust jacket designs and promote the sales of said book, but that defendant failed to perform, to plaintiff’s damage. The contract recited the estimated cost of manufacturing and promoting the first 1,000 books would be $2,500. Defendant was to advance $1,250, to be…