Mount Pleasant Stable Co. v. Steinberg
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon a contract in writing providing that for two years beginning August 1, 1914, the plaintiff should “ furnish to ” the defendants “ all teams required by them for the delivery of their goods, each team to be equipped with a canvas,” and that the defendants should pay therefor $6 per day for double teams and $4 per day for single teams, the defendants also agreeing to notify the plaintiff before six o’clock each afternoon as to the number of teams required for the…
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Contract upon a contract in writing providing that for two years beginning August 1, 1914, the plaintiff should “ furnish to ” the defendants “ all teams required by them for the delivery of their goods, each team to be equipped with a canvas,” and that the defendants should pay therefor $6 per day for double teams and $4 per day for single teams, the defendants also agreeing to notify the plaintiff before six o’clock each afternoon as to the number of teams required for the following day, and that they would hire no outside teams while the plaintiff could supply them. Writ dated November 7,…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The parties entered into a written contract dated June 25, 1914, by which the plaintiff was to furnish at an agreed price, single and double teams to do the defendants’ trucking. There was evidence that after the parties had operated under the contract for a few months the defendants broke the contract. The auditor found that at the time of the breach the contract had four hundred and fifty days to run; that the defendants were using during the period on an average “ four and one half teams per day,” and that the profit to the plaintiff would be $1 for each team, *569making the total profit…
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