Ahlers v. Smiley

Defendants appeal from a judgment against them and from an order denying their motion for a new trial. The action was one for damages for the violation of a certain contract. Ahlers & East were copartners engaged in the business, among other things, of manufacturing ice. Defendants, also copartners, were retailers of ice. By the terms of the contract, the firm of Ahlers & East agreed to furnish to defendants at the price of four dollars per ton all of the ice necessary for defendants to supply their customers. Under this agreement the plaintiff copartnership continued to furnish and the…