pleading damages
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 204 U.S. 489 - Charles McGuire v. Louis Gerstley · 1907Most cited · 37 citing opinions
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in order to found a cause of action on the alleged shortcomings of another, they must at least be so far plainly set up as to show actual damage and the wrongful act of the other party as the proximate and natural cause. The particulars of the alleged resulting damages should be so far set forth that the court may be able to see therefrom that such alleged damages are neither obscure, vague, nor shadowy, but might, and probably would, naturally result from the acts complained of.
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