ABSTRACT
Hadley and Another v Baxendale and Others (1854) CE The plaintiffs were millers at Gloucester. When their mill was stopped by the crankshaft breaking, they had to return the shaft to its makers at Greenwich. The defendants (trading as Pickfords) were carriers who promised they could deliver the shaft to Greenwich in one day. The plaintiffs told the defendants that they were millers, but not that their mill was stopped without the shaft. The defendants delayed the delivery of the shaft by several days and the plaintiffs now claimed damages, including the profits they had lost by the delay.
