Border City Ice & Coal Co. v. Adams
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court. H. C. Mechbm, Special Judge. Evidence of prospective profits is not admissible to prove damages for breach of contract. 57 Ark. 203; 7 Hill, 61; 139 U. S. 169; 34 K. Y. 634; 71 K Y. 133; 36 K J. L. 262; 38 id. 496; 139 U. S. 199; 78 Ala. 249; 16 U. Y. 489. The damage growing out of loss of profits was too remote, and the amount too contingent and uncertain, to admit of recovery therefor. 110 TJ. S. 238; S. C. 28 Lawy.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court. H. C. Mechbm, Special Judge. Evidence of prospective profits is not admissible to prove damages for breach of contract. 57 Ark. 203; 7 Hill, 61; 139 U. S. 169; 34 K. Y. 634; 71 K Y. 133; 36 K J. L. 262; 38 id. 496; 139 U. S. 199; 78 Ala. 249; 16 U. Y. 489. The damage growing out of loss of profits was too remote, and the amount too contingent and uncertain, to admit of recovery therefor. 110 TJ. S. 238; S. C. 28 Lawy. Ed. 198; 3 L. R. A. 587; 19 Ga. 416; 139 U. S. 199; S. C. 35 Lawy. Ed. 147; 30 Ga. 560; 47 Ark. 527; 34 Ark. 710; 48 Ark. 502-10; 55 Ark.…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This is a suit for damages growing out of a breach of a contract for the sale and supplying of ice during the season of 1896, brought by the appellee, Adams, against the appellant, the Border City Ice and Coal Company, in the Sebastian circuit court, Port Smith district, on the 7th clay of October, 1897. Trial by a jury, and judgment for plaintiff for the sum of $422.10, with interest on $325 of same from October 1, 1896, and on the remainder, $97.10, from July 17, 1896, at 10 per centum per annum, and defendant appealed.
The suit was for a breach of the following contract, to-wit:
“March 28th,…
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