Stebbins v. Selig
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Jacob Trieber, Judge. Action by Lewis A. Stebbins against A. E. Selig. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GARLAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in error, hereafter plaintiff, sued the defendant in error, hereafter defendant, to recover damages for the breach of a contract in writing, entered into between the plaintiff and defendant on June 22. 1916, whereby the defendant in consideration of $2,000 agreed to drill an irrigation well on the Stebbins farm, near Olena, Ark., and install a pump therein within 20 days from date of contract. The complaint set out the contract, alleged that defendant wholly failed to perform the same, and that in consequence thereof plaintiff was compelled to make a new…
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