Miles v. Dover Furnace Iron Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Cross-appeals from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made June 27, 1889, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
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Cross-appeals from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made June 27, 1889, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This action was brought to recover of defendant, the Dover Furnace Iron Company, damages sustained hy plaintiff by reason of the failure to deliver certain iron-ore in accordance wi¿h the terms of a contract between it and plaintiff, and also to compel said company to execute a lease to plaintiff as provided for by said contract. The…
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
These are cross-appeals ; the defendant questioning the judgment for damages awarded against him, and the plaintiff complaining that a specific performance of the contract for a twelve years’ lease of the iron mine was refused and small damages given him as the value of the lease.
I am unable to discover any question of law raised by the defendant’s appeal. Hone is suggested by its counsel’s brief, but the whole argument made is addressed to what is claimed to be the hard and unconscionable nature of the agreement. It is quite possible that the plaintiff made a better bargain for himself than…
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