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California Supreme Court· 10/20/1953

Coughlin v. Blair

Citations

  • 262 P.2d 305
  • 41 Cal. 2d 587
  • 1953 Cal. LEXIS 307

How courts have described this case

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

  • discussing waiver in the context of the measure of damages, not liability
  • discussing waiver in the context of the measure of damages, not liability
  • discussing waiver in the context of the measure of damages, not liability
  • money judgment is substituted for defendant’s duty under the contract, absolving him of any further duty to perform
  • “If the breach is partial only, the injured party may recover damages for nonperformance only to the time of trial and may not recover damages for anticipated future nonperformance.”
  • “Damages must be reasonable, however, and the promisor is not required to compensate the injured party for injuries that he had no reason to foresee as the probable result of his breach when he made the contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Traynor, Gibson, Shenk, Edmonds, Carter, Schauer, Spence

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Cites

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