Continental Cotton Co. v. Mann

This is a motion by plaintiff to set aside the verdict of a jury in its favor for nominal damages. The court ruled that the evidence showed a breach by defendant of its contract to deliver a *281quantity of cotton linters, but submitted the question of damages to the jury. The contract was for the sale and delivery of 500 bales of cotton linters. It fixed no time for delivery except that it provided that the goods were to be sent in shipments of not less than sixty bales at a time, and provided further that plaintiff (the buyer) had the right to free storage of the goods to a date specified. The…