Commercial Sealeaf Co. v. Purepac Corp.

The court submitted to the jury, as a possible basis for plaintiff’s damages, contracts with two drug companies, which plaintiff claimed he was unable to complete because of defendant’s breach of the contract in suit. One of these contracts was with the Progressive Drug Company, Inc., and was in writing; the other was an alleged oral contract with D. Kaltman & Company, Inc. The oral contract was denied and any finding of its existence would be against the weight of the evidence. It is impossible to say whether the verdict of the jury was based on either or both of these contracts. If based on…