Trentman v. Wahrenburg
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Superior Court of Allen County; J. II. Aiken, Judge. Action by Anthony B. Trentman and others against Henry "Wahrenburg and others for damages for breach of contract. From a judgment for defendants on demurrer to complaint, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHenley, J.
This was an action upon a written contract commenced by appellants against appellees to recover the liquidated damages stated in the contract for its alleged violation by appellees in purchasing of others than appellants certain building material purchased and used by appellees in Allen county, Indiana.
The trial court sustained a demurrer to the complaint on the ground that the contract entered into between appellants and appellees, upon which the complaint was founded, was illegal and void as being against public policy. The full text of the contract sued upon, omitting the signatures, was…
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