Walsh v. Kennedy

EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Judge.

Appellee Kennedy sued Walsh for rentals claimed due under an oral lease of a dirt and gravel pit. Walsh filed a counterclaim alleging a written lease contract on a 35-acre tract, not covered by the verbal contract, and a breach thereof by Kennedy. Walsh claimed $603,500 damages in her answer. The judgment appealed from by Walsh found that there was a breach of the written contract by Kennedy but that Walsh failed to properly prove damages and awarded her judgment for $1,000 as nominal damages and $1,000 to reimburse Walsh for this amount spent for a survey used in…