EVERGREEN AMUSEMENT CORP. V. MILSTEAD
112 A.2d 901 (1955)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Evergreen (D) appealed a decision, which denied its recovery for lost
profits for the period of delay because the amounts claimed to have been lost were too
uncertain and speculative.
FACTS: D operator of a drive-in movie theater. D entered into a contract with Milstead
(P) to grade the theater lot. P agreed to supply necessary materials and perform the work
needed to clear the theater site of timber, stumps and waste material, to 'grade the site as
indicated on the plans' and construct a drainage ditch on the north side of the property and
install two hundred feet of pipe. It then provided: 'At this contract price, no additional
fill material will be substituted for unsuitable material found on the site.' When the work
was actually performed some eight thousand cubic yards of dirt were hauled in the grading
was still not finished as desired. The cuts and fills would not balance. It was agreed that
such fill dirt as was needed to bring the site up to grade would be brought in, except at
the north side, and that P would be paid for this borrowed dirt at sixty-eight cents a yard.
This agreement is denied by D. D says that even if it did agree to pay for the extra dirt,
there was no consideration for its agreement, because, under the contract, P was required to
furnish all materials needed. In any event, the work was delayed and D opened two months
behind schedule. P sued D to recover full payment. D counterclaimed for lost profits from
the delay. The trial court refused to allow D to introduce testimony for lost profits. P got
the judgment and D appealed. D claimed it lost $12,500 for the delay.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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