Abbey v. Mace
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from trial term. Action by Hartwell Abbey against Levi H. Mace and others to recover damages for breach of contract to deliver certain bread boards to plaintiff for decoration by him. From a judgment for plaintiff, and an order denying their motion for a new trial, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBookstaver, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for alleged breaches of a contract entered into between the plaintiff and defendants on the 5th of January, 1891, whereby the defendants agreed to deliver to the plaintiff, ready for decoration, 2,000 dozen bread boards, to be decorated by him with such designs as defendants might select, for which defendants were to furnish the die, if it did not exceed in cost $35. The agreement further provided that the work of decoration should be done in a proper and satisfactory manner, or, if not, that the agreement should be canceled, and *376that meanwhile the…
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