Williams v. Island City Milling Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from. Union: James A. Fee, Judge. This is an action by the firm of Williams & Groat against the Island City Mercantile and Milling Company to recover the sum of two thousand five hundred and seventy-two dollars and thirty-five cents, an alleged balance due on account for materials, machinery, and appliances furnished, and work and labor performed, by the plaintiffs for the defendant.
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Appeal from. Union: James A. Fee, Judge. This is an action by the firm of Williams & Groat against the Island City Mercantile and Milling Company to recover the sum of two thousand five hundred and seventy-two dollars and thirty-five cents, an alleged balance due on account for materials, machinery, and appliances furnished, and work and labor performed, by the plaintiffs for the defendant. The complaint alleges that between the first day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the plaintiffs, at the special instance and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Bean.
1. One of the most vexed and difficult questions of the law is to determine when the right exists to recover expected or anticipated profits in an action for a breach *588of a contract, and we shall not attempt to enter upon any-extended discussion of the question at this time, but shall rather content ourselves with indicating the conclusions to which we have arrived in the case, after due and careful consideration, materially aided as we have been by the exhaustive and comprehensive briefs, as well as the able and learned argument, of counsel on either side. The…
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