Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1855

Sibley v. Hoar

Sibley v. Hoar
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1855 · Thomas
70 Mass. 222

Sibley v. Hoar

Opinion of the Court

Thomas, J.

Of the construction given to the written contract, the defendants have no ground of complaint, and the plaintiffs make none.

The matters of damage submitted to the jury were too contingent and remote.

The plaintiffs can take judgment for nominal damages, or a New trial in the cou/rt of common pleas.

The plaintiffs elected to take judgment for nominal damages.

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