 | 1855 - 736 էջ
...to find." And the court in that case adds : " And here there is a clear rule, that the amount which would have been received, if the contract had been...the measure of damages if the contract is broken." Now, we think the proper rule in such a case as the present, is this: Where two parties have made a... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1852 - 722 էջ
...rules according to which they ought to find ; and here there is a clear rule, that the amount which would have been received if the contract had been kept is the measure of damages if the contract is broken."f The decision is important, as being one of that large class of cases in which the modern... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1853 - 310 էջ
...committees and Solicitors of the Treasury who have had it before them ; the rule being, "the amount which would have been received if the contract had been kept, is- the measure of damages if the contract be broken." .This rule is sustained by ample authority, of which the leading cases appear to be, Alder... | |
 | 1855 - 804 էջ
...or space by further allusiou : in regard to them, the rule applicable being, that the amount which would have been received if the contract had been kept, is the measure of damages if it be broken." (Alder vs. Keighlcy, 15 M. & W. 117.) The rule thus tersely worded, holds true in a... | |
 | 1855 - 414 էջ
...or space by further allusion : in regard to them, the rule applicable being, that " the amount which would have been received if the contract had been kept, is the measure of damages if it be broken." (Alder v. Keighley, 15 M. & W. 117.) The rule thus tersely worded, holds true in a vast... | |
 | Edmund Powell - 1856 - 456 էջ
...according to which they ought to find ; and here there is a clear rule that — LIU. The amount which would have been received, if the contract had been...the measure of damages if the contract is broken." In the case which produced this expression of a first and fundamental principle, the breach was the... | |
 | Edmund Powell - 1859 - 540 էջ
...rules according to which they ought to find ; and here there is a clear rule that — The amount which would have been received, if the contract had been...the measure of damages if the contract is broken." In the case which produced this expression of a first and fundamental principle, the breach was the... | |
 | William Selwyn - 1861 - 840 էջ
...result of proofs upon it, but how much the bankrupt himself might have recovered. " The amount which would have been received if the contract had been...the measure of damages if the contract is broken." (Per Pollock, CB, in Alder \. Keiyhley, 15 M. & W. 120.) Where, therefore, the bankrupt paid a sum... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1870 - 852 էջ
...;* in that of New York, Same v. Drew,-\ and in Illinois, Garrett v. Moss et al.% 2. The amount which would have been received if the contract had been...the measure of damages, if the contract is broken. § Mr. Justice SWAYKE delivered the opinion of the court. It is said that the agreement between the... | |
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according to which the jury ought to find." And the Court, in that case, adds: "and here there is a clear rule, that the amount which would have been received if the contract had been kept is the measure of damages if the contract is broken. 
