Remelee v. Hall
Supreme Court of Vermont
. Debt upon an award. The case was tried by tbe court, at the December Term, 1858, — Bennett, J., presiding,; — upon the following facts, which were agreed upon by the parties.
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. Debt upon an award. The case was tried by tbe court, at the December Term, 1858, — Bennett, J., presiding,; — upon the following facts, which were agreed upon by the parties. The plaintiff had brought an action against the defendant for the alleged breach of a contract between them by which tbe latter, in consideration of tbe conveyance to him of a farm by tbe plaintiff, and of tbe payment of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per year, agreed that the plaintiff and his daughter Clarissa should live with the defendant, and have the privileges of board, fire, lights and housekeeping, to he…
1Opinion of the CourtPoland, J.
The first objection made to the validity of the award made by the arbitrators is, that they treated the contract between the parties, which formed the subject of difference, and of the submission, as having been so entirely broken and violated that they awarded damages for the whole period the contract was to continue, though the whole time had not elapsed. It is insisted that in the action which had been brought, or in any action which could have been brought for the breach of it before its final termination, the plaintiff could only have recovered such damage as he had sustained when he…
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