Beach v. Johnson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. J. M. Cashin, Judge. Suit by William G. Beach against J. N. Johnson. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. J. M. Cashin, Judge. Suit by William G. Beach against J. N. Johnson. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Plaintiff’s testimony clearly shows that the profits of this business were within the contemplation of both parties at the time of making the contract and that the loss of these profits was the proximate and natural result of the breach of the contract. The testimony is that the plaintiff and defendant had been in the same business in the same neighborhood for more…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
The appellee entered into a verbal contract with appellant " during the first week in May, 1910, whereby appellee rented to appellant a blacksmith shop on the land of appellee at Holly Ridge, Miss., for a term from the first week in May, 1910, to the last day of April, 1911, at a monthly rental of ten dollars, and agreed to sell to appellant all of the blacksmith tools and materials then on hand in the shop, to be paid for in twelve equal installments, the value to be shown by an inventory and appraisement. It is also stated that appellee agreed to give appellant his custom and good will as a…
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