Hodges v. A. P. Fries & Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. STATEMENT. ■ Mrs. Hodges, the appellant, sued A. P. Pries and J. W. Morrison, as partners doing business under the firm name of A. P. Pries & Co., for damages for the breach of an alleged rental contract.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. STATEMENT. ■ Mrs. Hodges, the appellant, sued A. P. Pries and J. W. Morrison, as partners doing business under the firm name of A. P. Pries & Co., for damages for the breach of an alleged rental contract. The declaration filed in the case contains two counts: The first one alleges, in substance, that ajjpellees on the 27th day of February, 1889, contracted to rent to appellant one-half of a store, numbered 41 E. Bay street, in the city of Jacksonville, to be used and occupied by her for one year from the 15th day of March, 1889, for the sum of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, J.:
The first error assigned and presented here in behalf of appellant is that the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to that part of the declaration claiming damages for loss of supposed profits from trade. Counsel for appellant say that “the declaration and the plaintiff’s joinder in demurrer show that the damages claimed for loss of alleged profits in trade were based-on the legal proposition, that where a store is rented for the purpose of trade, and in which to resume a business already under way, which necessarily enters into-the contemplation of the parties, such loss of…
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