 The rule of the common law is, that where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be placed in the same situation, with respect to damages, as if the contract had been performed.  The Law Times - Sida 451870Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1869 - 1032 sidor
...Harman (11): "The rule of the common law is, that where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be...to damages as if the contract had been performed. The case of Flureau v. Thornhill(l2) qualified that rule of the common law. It was there held that... | |
 | 1866 - 932 sidor
...laid down by Baron Parke in Robinson v. Harman (3), that where a contract is broken the injured person is, so far as money can do it, to be placed in the...situation with respect to damages as if the contract i had been performed. This is the amount of damages where the contract would give the actual enjoyment... | |
 | Solomon Atkinson - 1853 - 562 sidor
...the common law ts, that where a party sustatns a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, as far as money can do it, to be placed in the same situation...to damages as if the contract had been performed. The case ofFlureau v. Thornhill (x) qualified that rule as to contracts for the sale of land, it being... | |
 | 1855 - 804 sidor
...he must pay the whole damage sustained." '' Where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be...to damages, as if the contract had been performed." (See Robinson vs. Harman, 1 Exch. 855, 856.) In order that rules thus expressed may be useful and available... | |
 | 1855 - 414 sidor
...it, he must pay the whole damage sustained." " Where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be...to damages, as if the contract had been performed." (See Robinson v. Harman, 1 Exch. 855, 856.) In order that rules thus expressed may be useful and available... | |
 | Ontario. Court of Common Pleas - 1856 - 594 sidor
...Parke, Baron, states the rule of the common law is, " that where a party sustains a loss by breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be...to damages as if the contract had been performed." The case of Waters v. Towers (8 Ex. 401) is strongly in the plaintiff's favor. The facts are briefly... | |
 | Edmund Powell - 1856 - 456 sidor
...the rule of the common law is, that — LIV. Where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be...with respect to damages as if the contract had been performed.i In Robinson v. ffarman? the breach was the nonperformance of an agreement to grant a lease... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Thomas Flower Ellis, Colin Blackburn Baron Blackburn, Great Britain. Court of Exchequer Chamber - 1858 - 1074 sidor
...said : " the rule of the common law is, that where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be...to damages, as if the contract had been performed." The sale of real estate is indeed, as there pointed oat, an exception to this rule, because the contract... | |
 | John Scott, Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - 1858 - 568 sidor
...says, — " The rule of the common law is, that, where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be...to damages as if the contract had been performed." [WILLIAMS, J. — Suppose the mesne landlord were called upon to pay double value, could he recover... | |
 | Edmund Powell - 1859 - 540 sidor
...unliquidated, the rule of the common law is, that — Where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be...with respect to damages as if the contract had been performed.4 It is meant by this rule that the sufferer by a breach of contract is entitled to actual... | |
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