· 5/27/1968
William K. Bowes, Edwin L. Bowes, Franklin B. Bowes, Marion R. Bowes, Kathryn B. Clark and Mary B. Diehl v. Saks & Company, a New York Corporation
Citations
- 397 F.2d 113
- 1968 U.S. App. LEXIS 6780
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- barring recovery of restoration costs for lessors who sold property without showing that lessee’s conduct caused any diminution
- barring recovery of restoration costs for lessors who sold property without showing that lessee's conduct caused any diminution
- It is “a fundamental rule that contract damages are supposed to compensate for a loss and not provide a windfall” because “the plaintiff is not to be put in a better position than it would have been had the defendant performed the terms of the [contract]”
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Judges: Swygert, Fairchild, Major
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