Coonis v. City of Springfield

BOHLING, Commissioner.

Lee Coonis and Winfred Fortner, partners doing business as Coonis and Fortner, sued the City of Springfield, a municipal corporation, for “loss of profits” in the amount of $19,000 occasioned by the alleged breach by the defendant of a contract for the collection of garbage in said city. The case was tried in Webster County upon a change of venue. The jury returned a verdict for $19,000. . Defendant’s motion for new trial was sustained on the grounds that the $19,000 damages awarded rested in speculation in that, briefly stated,' the jury did not consider as items of…