Bell v. Shields
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Second Judicial District for Latah County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Action to recover damages on contract for failure to comply with its terms. Judgment for plaintiff. After Bell had expended a large amount of money in- carrying out the terms of the agreement, it had then become an irrevocable license, and if violated by Shields would subject him to any damages which Bell may have suffered. (Rhodes v. Otis, 33 Ala. 578, 73 Am.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Second Judicial District for Latah County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Action to recover damages on contract for failure to comply with its terms. Judgment for plaintiff. After Bell had expended a large amount of money in- carrying out the terms of the agreement, it had then become an irrevocable license, and if violated by Shields would subject him to any damages which Bell may have suffered. (Rhodes v. Otis, 33 Ala. 578, 73 Am. Dee. 439; Beatty v. Gregory, 17 Iowa, 109, 85 Am. Dec. 547; Be Graffenried v. Savage, 9 Colo. App. 131, 47 Pac. 902; Bowman v.…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, C. J.
This is an action to recover damages for the alleged breach of a contract for the sale of standing timber on land in Latah county. The ease was tried by the court with a jury, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of $660, and judgment was entered for that amount. A motion for a new trial was denied, and the appeal is from the judgment and order denying a new trial.
It appears from the record that on the 28th day of February, 1906, the respondent and M. J. Shields, who died since the trial of this action and is represented by the appellant, his administrator, entered…
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