Pierson-Lathrop Grain Co. v. Britton

Plaintiff undertook to recover damages for failure of the defendant to accept and pay for one carload of oats and four carloads of corn. A jury was waived and trial had to the court. Declarations of law were given and a finding of facts made upon which a judgment was rendered in behalf of defendant as to the car of' oats and also allowed him nominal damages for a breach of plaintiff’s contract of delivery. Nominal damages were allowed the plaintiff on account of the refusal of. defendant to accept and pay for the corn.

The controversy here concerning the oats is based on an assumption by the…