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19 Jun 2025

Posted by: Manas Shrivastava

Hochster v. De la Tour

In this case, Hochster was hired by De La Tour to work as a courier on a trip that was supposed to start on June 1, 1852. But before the trip even began—on May 12—De La Tour told Hochster he didn’t want to go ahead with the agreement and wouldn’t be paying him. Hochster decided to sue for breach of contract to claim the money he was promised. De La Tour tried to argue that he hadn’t technically broken the....

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