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· 4/10/1915

Echternach v. Moncrief

Citations

  • 94 Kan. 754
  • 147 P. 860
  • 1915 Kan. LEXIS 158

Syllabus

<p>. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Sale — Stock in Corporation — Written Contract to Repurchase —Valid—Measure of Dam,ages. Where stock in a corporation was sold upon a written contract whereby the vendors agreed, at the option of the vendee, to repurchase the stock four years later at the same price with interest, the vendee, in electing to resell to the vendors, may recover the price fixed in the contract; and the vendee is not limited to damages measured by' the difference between the market value of the stock at the time of the breach and the sum named in the contract, although he delayed action for over a year, such delay being- occasioned ' solely by the solicitations and representations that, if given time, the vendors could and would comply with their obligation.</p>

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  • even though the skilled employee could earn wages in similar work, he was still “wholly incapacitated” in his skilled position as a motor tester
  • even though the skilled employee could earn wages in similar work, he was still \wholly incapacitated\ in his skilled position as a motor tester

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Judges: Dawson

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