Whitehouse v. Rytman

This is an action brought by the purchaser of a chicken farm for damages allegedly suffered as the result of the defendant seller’s breach of a related agreement to supply large numbers of young chickens to the plaintiffs.

After a trial before the Master (Robert L. Cullinane, Esq.), the Superior Court (Contas, J.) approved his ruling that, although the defendant Julius Rytman breached his contractual obligation to deliver chickens to the plaintiffs, the plaintiffs could recover only nominal damages because they had failed to present any evidence from which he could find with reasonable…