Lockard v. City of Salem

Riley, Judge:

In this action of assumpsit instituted in the Circuit Court of Harrison County, A. Page Lockard, plaintiff, filed his declaration containing the common counts and a special count alleging a breach of contract between plaintiff and defendant, whereby defendant city undertook to lease to plaintiff for a period of ten years its municipal water system. This writ of error is prosecuted by defendant to a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, based upon a jury verdict in the amount of $12,006.99.

In a bill of particulars filed with the declaration, plaintiff claims four aggregate sums:…