Delta Table & Chair Co. v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Yazoo county. HoN. W. A. HeNRy, Judge. Suit by the Delta Table & Chair Company against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are- fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Yazoo county. HoN. W. A. HeNRy, Judge. Suit by the Delta Table & Chair Company against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are- fully stated in the opinion of the court. It has long been settled that profits may be recovered, as the measure of damages for the simple breach of a contract, if such profits were within the contemplation of the parties at the time the contract was made, and the loss thereof was the result of the breach. Railroad Co. v. Ragsdale, 46 Miss.- 458; Express Co. v.…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
Appellant, a manufacturer of solid oak tables, delivered'to the freight agency of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, at Yazoo City, certain sample.‘tables to be carried to the city of Chicago. At the time of the delivery appellant’s representative explained tó the agent of the railway company that the tables were shipped as “samples,” to be exhibited at a “market” established in Chicago by the manufacturers of the country; that dealers in furniture throughout the country patronized the “market,” which was held twice a year, and for a limited time, and unless the “samples” were…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Beach v. JohnsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1912
- White v. LeatherberryMississippi Supreme Court · 1903
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. HubbardMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
- Illinois Central Railroad v. JonesMississippi Supreme Court · 1905
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