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Eleven cotton farmers (Plaintiffs) signed contracts with the American Cotton Shippers Association (Defendants) to sell whatever cotton was planted on specific acreage at a price agreed upon earlier, irrespective of what the price might be at harvest time. The price of cotton skyrocketed unexpectedly to at least double the price agreed upon.
United States District Court | 370 F. Supp. 1353 (W.D. La. 1974)
Defendant, Rudzewicz, opened a Burger King in Detroit with another man. They applied for a franchise through Birmingham, and the application ended up at Plaintiff, Burger King’s Head Quarters in Miami.
United States Supreme Court | 471 U.S. 462 (1985)
Rensselaer Water Co (defendant ) was a water works company which had a contract to supply water to the city of Rensselaer. While this contract was effective, a building had caught on fire, and then the fire spread H.
Court of Appeals of New York | N.Y. Ct. App., 159 N.E. 896 (1928)
The plaintiff, appellee, miller was Hadley and the defendant, appellant, carrier was Baxendale (trading under the name Pickford & Co.)The essential facts are that the plaintiff ran an extensive business as a miller in Gloucester.
Court of Exchequer | 156 Eng. Rep. 145 (1854)
The facts of the case are that the plaintiff (Hamer) was the defendant (Sidway's) nephew whom the defendant claimed that if the plaintiff did not smoke, drink, swear, play cards or billiards until he was 21 that he would pay the plaintiff $5000. The plaintiff complied with this offer and when he turned 21 he sent a letter to his uncle alerting him to this fact and his uncle replied that he would send him the $5000 as soon as possible.
New York Court of Appeals | 124 N.Y. 538, 27 N.E. 256 (1981)
The plaintiff, Hobbs, sent eel skins to the Massasoit Whip Co., the defendant, and expected compensation in return.
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts | Mass. Sup. Jud Ct., 158 Mass. 194 (1893)
The plaintiff (who is a law student) submitted a letter to the defendant informing them that one of their books had been plagiarized. The defendant sent the plaintiff $200 for his assistance and then proceeded to sue the third party.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania | Pa. Super. Ct., 304 Pa. Super 424, 450 A2d 984 (1981)
United States Radiator Co. (defendant) contracted with the New York Central Iron Works (plaintiff) during the year 1899 to "fill the entire radiator needs" of the the plaintiff at a fixed cost.
New York Court of Appeals | N.Y. Ct. App., 174 N.Y. 331, 66 N.E. 967 (1903)
Thompson, the plaintiff, owned a quantity of logs. The were logs cut in the winters of 1882 and 1883 and lying in the Mississippi River.
Minnesota Court of Appeals | 26 N.W. 1 (1885)