Schuenemann v. John G. Wollaeger Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: E. T. Fairchild, Circuit Judge. This is an action by plaintiff to recover $200 with interest from November 19, 1915, to April 6, 1916. It appears that the defendant company made a written contract with plaintiff to sell him a Studebaker motor car for $905. The writing signed by the parties is in the form of an order for a specified Studebaker car which defendant was selling in the city of Milwaukee.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: E. T. Fairchild, Circuit Judge. This is an action by plaintiff to recover $200 with interest from November 19, 1915, to April 6, 1916. It appears that the defendant company made a written contract with plaintiff to sell him a Studebaker motor car for $905. The writing signed by the parties is in the form of an order for a specified Studebaker car which defendant was selling in the city of Milwaukee. The date of the order was November 19, 1915, the price of the car $905, terms of payment $200 paid to defendant when order was…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, J.
The appellant contends that the civil court erred in its ruling excluding evidence defendant offered to show as an item of its damage the profits it would have realized liad the plaintiff consummated the purchase of the car as agreed by it and plaintiff in November, 1915. The evidence offered by defendant was for the purpose of *618showing that it was a duly licensed agent of the Studebaker corporation, which manufactured this car; that this car was similar to the cars of this class then being sold in the Milwaukee market at a uniform price of $905, and the profit defendant would have realized…
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