Meyer, Hess & Co. v. Way

Appellate Court of Illinois

Meyer, Hess & Co. v. Way

187 Ill. App. 67, 1914 Ill. App. LEXIS 615

CourtAppellate Court of Illinois

DecidedMay 20, 1914

DocketGen. No. 18,904

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Meyer, Hess & Co. v. Way, 187 Ill. App. 67, 1914 Ill. App. LEXIS 615 (Ill. Ct. App. 1914).

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Mr. Justice Baume

delivered the opinion of the court.

2. Sales, § 376*—rule as to when profits constitute measure of damages. Though ordinarily, where a vendor fails to comply with his contract to sell and deliver certain goods at a fixed price, the measure of damages in an action by the vendee is the difference between the contract price and the value of the goods in the market at the time and place of delivery, yet where the vendor knows that the vendee has an existing contract for a resale at an advanced price, and that the purchase is to fulfil such contract, and the vendor agrees to supply the goods to enable the vendee to perform his contract, profits which would accrue to the vendee upon performing the contract of resale may properly be said to have entered into the contemplation of the parties in making the contract, and such profits constitute a proper measure of damages.

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Mr. Justice Baume

delivered the opinion of the court.

2. Sales, § 376*—rule as to when profits constitute measure of damages. Though ordinarily, where a vendor fails to comply with his contract to sell and deliver certain goods at a fixed price, the measure of damages in an action by the vendee is the difference between the contract price and the value of the goods in the market at the time and place of delivery, yet where the vendor knows that the vendee has an existing contract for a resale at an advanced price, and that the purchase is to fulfil such contract, and the vendor agrees to supply the goods to enable the vendee to perform his contract, profits which would accrue to the vendee upon performing the contract of resale may properly be said to have entered into the contemplation of the parties in making the contract, and such profits constitute a proper measure of damages.

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