BancorpSouth Bank, Inc. v. Hatchel

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• court cannot make award of damages without proof of damages in breach of contract case
• “Damages for breach of contract are permissible even when the plaintiff is unable to prove the exact amount of those damages.”
• “the evidence upon which a party relies to prove damages must be sufficiently certain to enable the trier of fact, using its discretion, to make a fair and reasonable assessment of damages”
• “When a plaintiff alleges breach of contract, he or she is responsible for proving (1) the existence of an enforceable contract, (2) nonperformance amounting to a breach of the contract, and (3) damages caused by the breach of contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).