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· 6/19/1979

Welch v. U. S. Bancorp Realty & Mortgage Trust

Citations

  • 596 P.2d 947
  • 286 Or. 673
  • 1979 Ore. LEXIS 990

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the court was “powerless” to award “necessary” expert expenses and deposition expenses not permitted by statute
  • holding court “powerless” to award “necessary” expert expenses and deposition expenses not permitted by statute
  • breach of contract to advance funds for residential and commercial development on land tract; \reasonable certainty\ standard applied
  • breach of contract to advance funds for residential and commercial development on land tract; “reasonable certainty” standard applied
  • “[T]he court should intervene only when it can say that the evidence is clearly insufficient to establish the claim of lost profits.”
  • in a contract action, “consequential damages are recoverable if they are reasonably foreseeable”; a plaintiff must prove entitlement to damages by a preponderance of the evidence, and courts should be “wary” of withdrawing allegations of damages from the consideration of the jury

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Judges: Denecke, Holman, Howell, Bryson, Lent, Linde

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