Bogart v. Pitchless Lumber Co.

Citations

• 72 Wash. 417
• 130 P. 490
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1477

Syllabus

<p>Damages — Breach of Contract — Prospective Profits — Evidence —Admissibility. Upon breach of a contract to employ plaintiff to log defendant’s timber, the plaintiff may recover his prospective profits, to be ascertained by the best evidence obtainable, such as the estimates of qualified timber men, acquainted with local conditions, as to the cost of performing particular parts of the work, although the estimates do not furnish a measure of mathematical nicety.</p>