Sweeney v. Lewis Construction Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered October 22, 1912, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
— This is the second appeal in this case. When it was here before, upon the appeal of this same appellant, we reversed the case upon the question of damages and sent it back for a new trial between the respondent and the appellant. In the opinion upon that appeal we said:
“The appellant corporation was entitled to have that measure of damages applied which would protect it and which at *304the same time would fully compensate respondent for any actual loss he may have sustained ... In other words, only such changes in values should be considered as were produced by, or directly resulted from the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Parks v. ElmoreWashington Supreme Court · 1910
- Gray v. ReevesWashington Supreme Court · 1912
- Eilers Music House v. HopkinsWashington Supreme Court · 1913
- Sweeney v. Lewis Construction Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1912
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