American Can Co. v. Funkhouser

This case differs from American Can Co. v. Garnett (simultaneously decided herewith) 279 Fed. 722, in that the court below awarded damages for future or prospective profits, 1 olding that performance had so far progressed as to enable the court to see that the plaintiff would have fully performed the contract, except for the defendant’s default, and that the profits which would accrue from such performance were substantial and ascertainable. We find no ground for disturbing the judgment of the court below, based, < s it was, upon undisputed testimony which showed that the plaintiff had made extensive preparation to sell the motor sets, and had obtained numerous orders from prospective purchasers within the territory allotted to him, and that he could have sold and received payments lor all the motor sets which he had ordered from the defendant under the terms of the contract, and for which he had made the advance payment of $2 for each motor set. Under this state of facts the profits were leasonably certain, and they are recoverable as damages. Port Blakely Mill Co. v. Sharkey, 102 Fed. 259, 42 C. C. A. 329; Northwest Auto Co. v. Harmon, 250 Fed. 832, 163 C. C. A. 146, Ann. Cas. 1918E, 461.

The judgment is affirmed.