Kasten Construction Co. v. Jolles

How courts have described this case

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

• describing how the resale price cannot be used as a measure of damages where the sale does not resemble an arm’s length transaction
• “One of the strongest indications of the value of the property is the price obtained on a resale by the seller following the purchaser’s breach.”
• “In general, the measure of damages when a vendee breaches a contract to purchase real estate is the difference between the contract price and the fair market value at the time of breach.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).