Petrone v. Davis

This case comes to us on appeal from a Superior Court judgment which granted compensatory damages but denied punitive damages in the -plaintiffs’ suit for breach of contract.

The plaintiffs are a group of young musicians who work together under the name of “The Laurence Talbot Band.” They allegedly entered into an oral contract with Richard Allen, agent for the owner of the “Stepping Stone Ranch”, to put on a concert at the ranch on May 18, 1975. The terms of the contract were $600 payable by April 18, one month before the concert, and $600 payable after the concert, for a total of $1,200.

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