Troy Laundry MacHinery Co. v. Dolph

Citations

• 138 U.S. 617
• 11 S. Ct. 412
• 34 L. Ed. 1083
• 1891 U.S. LEXIS 2352

Syllabus

<p>Dolph contracted to sell to the plaintiff in error standard Dolph washers at flÍ0 a machine, and the company contracted to take at least 50 machines a year at that price, the contract to last for five years. There was a further clause by which Dolph was to have the option of manufacturing for the company any other machines sold by him at such price as might be bid for them in open competition. .The company at the expiration of a year threw up the contract and repudiated its obligations, and Dolph sued to enforce them. Held, that the principal object of the contract was the sale and purchase of the Dolph machines; that the sale and purchase of tbe other machines were subordinate to it; and that the court should have instructed the jury that, as to the latter, there could be none other than a recovery of nominal damages.' '</p>