...services— liability of party. 1. Where the breach of a contract consists in preventing its performance, without the fault of the other party, who is willing to perform it, the loes of the latter will consist of what he has already erpended towards performance (less the value...

...attainable, is thus stated in US ». Behan, 110 US 338, 344 (4 Sup. Ct. Rep. 81, 83, 28 L. Ed. 168): "The prima facie measure of damages for the breach...willing to perform it, the loss of the latter will consist of two distinct items or grounds of damage, namely: First, what he has already expended towards...

...Co. v. United States, 36 Ct. Cl. 71 [1901].) 4. The prima facie measure of damages for a breach of contract is the amount of the loss which the injured party has sustained thereby. In the matter of construction contracts, this loss may be measured by the difference between the contract...

...profits which he alleges he could have made if allowed to complete the contract. BRADLEY, J. * * * The prima facie measure of damages for the breach...willing to perform it, the loss of the latter will consist of two distinct items or grounds of damage, namely—first, what he has already expended towards...

...The Supreme Court in affiirming the decision of this court (United States v. Behan, supra), said : " If the breach consists in preventing the performance...willing to perform it, the loss of the latter will consist of two distinct items or grounds of damage, namely: First, what he has already expended towards...

...case Mr. Justice Bradley, in delivering the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, says: The prima facie measure of damages for the breach...willing to perform it, the loss of the latter will consist of two distinct items or grounds of damage, namely: first, what he has already expended towards...

...168, the court said: "The prima facie measure of damages for the breach of a contract Is the amount of loss which the Injured party has sustained thereby....preventing the performance of the contract, without fault of the other party, who Is willing to perform It, the loss of the latter will consist of two...

...suing for damages for its breach, he could not ask for the return of the consideration he had paid. The measure of damages for the breach of a contract is the amount which would put the injured party in the same position as he would have been had the contract been...

...not the law, however, that they can never be recovered. Our own code states the rule to be that the measure of damages for the breach of a contract is 'the amount which will compensate the party aggrieved for all the detriment proximately caused thereby, or which...

...in the event the Government prevents performance was stated in the Behan case, supra, as follows : "The prima facie measure of damages for the breach...willing to perform it, the loss of the latter will consist of two distinct items or grounds of damage, namely : first, what he has already expended towards...