Wells Aircraft Parts Co. v. Allan J. Kayser Co.

We will refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court. Allan J. Kayser Company, a limited co-partnership, brought suit against Wells Aircraft Parts Company, also a limited copartnership, to recover damages in the sum of $3,161.74, which the plaintiff claimed to have suffered as a result of the alleged wrongful cancellation of a contract, under the terms of which the plaintiff agreed to manufacture certain steel aircraft fittings out of raw forgings to be supplied by the defendant.

The damages asked by the plaintiff were based on the expenses in tooling up, and preparing to perform…