Kopczynski v. Bolcom-Vanderhoof Logging Co.

Citations

• 71 Wash. 93
• 127 P. 601
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 698

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Evidence—Sufficiency. The evidence fails to establish a contract for slops for five months at ten dollars a month, where it appears that the defendant’s foreman refused plaintiff a contract for longer than one month, directing him to the office of the company, where he paid $50 for five months on representing that the foreman had contracted with him therefor.</p> <p>Contracts — Breach—Measure of Damages. In an action for breach of contract to furnish slops for hog feed, the plaintiff cannot recover for expenses incurred before entering into the contract in reliance upon obtaining the contract; as they could not have been within the contemplation of the parties.</p> <p>Same — Measure of Damages — Profits—Evidence. In such a case, loss of profits cannot be recovered on the mere statement of what the hogs cost, what they sold for, and what might have been obtained if the contract had not been breached, where it appears that the plaintiff could have obtained feed elsewhere the cost of which was not shown, and there was no showing of the cost or profit from feed obtained under the contract.</p>