Anthony Doll & Co. v. Strien

This is an action to recover $156 in damages for breach of a contract to compensate plaintiff for advertising matter furnished to defendants. The execution of the contract was admitted in the answer to the petition, but defendants pleaded that they canceled the contract before any work had been performed by plaintiff under it and that plaintiff was not damaged. Upon a trial of the issues the district court directed a verdict in favor of plaintiff for one cent. From a judgment for nominal damages only, plaintiff appealed.

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