Ramsey v. Holmes Electric Protective Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Superior Court of Milwaukee County. The plaintiffs, Ecmnsey and McGuckin, partners under the name and style of the Milwaukee District Telegraph Company, brought their action against the Holmes Electric Protective Gomjjwwj to recover damages for the breach of a contract made between the parties, by which the latter company agreed to solicit orders for the use of its protective system, furnish all apparatus and materials pertaining thereto, right of way for…
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APPEAL from the Superior Court of Milwaukee County. The plaintiffs, Ecmnsey and McGuckin, partners under the name and style of the Milwaukee District Telegraph Company, brought their action against the Holmes Electric Protective Gomjjwwj to recover damages for the breach of a contract made between the parties, by which the latter company agreed to solicit orders for the use of its protective system, furnish all apparatus and materials pertaining thereto, right of way for wires excepted, and the labor necessary to put it in effective operation in connection with such offices - of the…
1Opinion of the CourtPmuEv, J.
1. It is contended on behalf of the appellant that the plaintiffs’ claim is based wholly upon the loss of prospective profits, and that the contingencies were so numerous, and the uncertainties so great, that prospective profits could not be allowed as damages; and it rested its defense in this regard upon the ground that the right of the plaintiffs to use the office of the telegraph company for their business wTasthat of mere licensees, and might be terminated at any time, as it was in fact in October, 1886, and that no business such as the one in question had ever been established or…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Howard v. Stillwell & Bierce Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Randall v. Northwestern Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
- Milwaukee & Mississippi R. R. v. FinneyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
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- Hagestrom v. SweeneyOregon Supreme Court · 1912
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