Cowdrick v. Searles

Citations

• 26 Ohio C.C. Dec. 545
• 16 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 280

Syllabus

<p>CONTRACTS — DAMAGES.</p> <p>Speculative Profits Which Might Have Resulted not Counter-Claim Damages In Breach of Contract.</p> <p>In an action for the balance due on a contract for building greenhouses, the defendants counter-claimed for damages arising from delay in finishing the greenhouses on time, whereby they lost one crop of lettuce and the profits therefrom. Held: That loss of profits in such manner were too speculative to be submitted to the jury.</p> <p>[Syllabus by *he court.]</p>