Pass v. Turivas

The plaintiff, Pass, brought this action in the superior court of Cook county against the defendant, Briggs & Turivas, to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract, under which the plaintiff had agreed to sell and the defendant had agreed to buy 1,000 tons of iron of grade known as No. 1 wrot. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant had failed to take approximately 400 tons, under that contract, and he therefore brought this suit to recover the difference between the contract price and the market price, on the date of the alleged breach, on that amount of iron. At the close of the…