Winchell v. Scott

This is an appeal from a judgment of the general term of the court of common pleas of the city of New York, affirming the judgment of that court rendered upon the report of a referee, dismissing the complaint, with costs.

The action was brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of a contract between plaintiff and defendants, made March 5, 1868, for the delivery of ice by defendants to plaintiff, for five years. The damages are alleged to have arisen in consequence of the plaintiff having been compelled to pay a price for ice for the last four years of the period of five years,…