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· 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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