Chaityn v. Stock

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Chaityn v. Stock

120 N.Y.S. 89

CourtAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

DecidedDecember 22, 1909

StatusPublished

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Chaityn v. Stock, 120 N.Y.S. 89 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1909).

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LEHMAN, J.

The plaintiffs have brought an action for breach of contract by the defendants in failing to dye skins according to sample. The trial justice has rendered judgment for the full value of the skins, although it appears that the skins were not rendered valueless by the alleged unskillful dyeing, probably because the plaintiffs testified that the skins were of no use to them. The measure of damages was improper. Emmerich v. Chegnay, 46 Misc. Rep. 456, 92 N. Y. Supp. 336. The plaintiffs have neither alleged nor proven any special damage, and the correct measure of damages is the difference between the market value of the skins in their present state and the market value of the same goods dyed skillfully in accordance with the contract.

The judgment should be reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellants to abide the event. All concur.

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LEHMAN, J.

The plaintiffs have brought an action for breach of contract by the defendants in failing to dye skins according to sample. The trial justice has rendered judgment for the full value of the skins, although it appears that the skins were not rendered valueless by the alleged unskillful dyeing, probably because the plaintiffs testified that the skins were of no use to them. The measure of damages was improper. Emmerich v. Chegnay, 46 Misc. Rep. 456, 92 N. Y. Supp. 336. The plaintiffs have neither alleged nor proven any special damage, and the correct measure of damages is the difference between the market value of the skins in their present state and the market value of the same goods dyed skillfully in accordance with the contract.

The judgment should be reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellants to abide the event. All concur.

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