Construction Information Co. v. Cass
Supreme Court of Connecticut
•Action to recover damages for breach, of contract, brought to the court of Common Pleas for Litchfield County and tried to the court, Welch, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $180, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the findings and rulings of the court.
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•Action to recover damages for breach, of contract, brought to the court of Common Pleas for Litchfield County and tried to the court, Welch, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $180, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the findings and rulings of the court. The plaintiff corporation, having its office in Boston, is engaged in the business of “ obtaining information concerning. building projects and building operations throughout the New England States and the- furnishing of the same to such persons as shall employ it therefor.” The defendant, in…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The grounds of error assigned resolve themselves into substantially two: first, that the contract sued upon is so uncertain, ambiguous and indefinite in its terms, and so impossible of performance, that it is not an operative and enforceable agreement; second, that the plaintiff was not entitled to have judgment upon the complaint, for the reason that the finding shows that there had not been performance on its part, as is alleged. Underlying ■ both these contentions and, as we view the agreement sued upon, decisive of both, is the question of its construction.
The defendant contends that the…
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- French v. PearceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1831
- Vermont Street M. E. Church v. BroseIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- Brown v. SlaterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1844
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