Dock v. Pratt

Citations

• 30 Pa. Super. 598
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 127

Syllabus

<p>Contract- — Breach—Damages—Board and lodging — Rent.</p> <p>Where a contract to pay $50.00 per month for three years, one-half thereof for board and lodging and the other half for rent, is abandoned shortly after it is made, by the party who was to make the payments, the other party may at once rescind and proceed to recover the damages for the whole term. In such a case the damages as to the board and lodging will be the difference between the contract price and the expenses, and as to the office the difference between the rent and the value of the office after the breach.</p>