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" damages' as that term is used in the law of contracts, is intended compensation for a breach, measured in the terms of the contract." . . . The purpose of the law is to "put the plaintiff in as good a position as he would have been in had the defendant... "
Awards ... Third Division, National Railroad Adjustment Board - Page 264
by United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board
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The Federal Reporter, Volume 8

1881 - 956 pages
...for wages without fault of the seaman, to secure to him indemnity ; or, in other words, to place him in as good a position as he would have been in had the contract been performed. In this case no port for the termination of the voyage was fixed in the shipping...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery, the Prerogative ..., Volume 4

John Hoff Stewart - 1880 - 900 pages
...But he that would have equity must do equity. All that the complainant can ask is that he be placed in as good a position as he would have been in had he received a valid tax title for ninety-nine years to the McDermott property. Therefore, while he...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit Courts of the United ..., Volume 5

United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit), Robert William Hughes - 1883 - 560 pages
...for wages without fault of the seaman, to secure to him indemnity ; or, in other words, to place him in as good a position as he would have been in had the contract been performed. In this case no port for the termination of the voyage was fixed in the shipping...
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Atlantic Reporter, Volume 47

1901 - 1166 pages
...the defendant, being such trustee, should be compelled to put the complainant, being the purchaser, in as good a position as he would have been in had the certificate been proper in form and true in fact. On the question of Jurisdiction, we think that by...
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Harvard Law Review, Volume 25

1912 - 790 pages
...Chicoutimi Pulp Co., [1911] AC 301 (Privy Council). The general intention of the law of damages is to place the plaintiff in as good a position as he would have been in if the contract had been performed, ie to compensate only. Hamilton v. Magill, 12 LR Ir. 187, 202....
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The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 74

1898 - 1248 pages
...she claims she was in this case, and the conditions Imposed in the order granting the motion leave the plaintiff in as good a position as he would have been In if she had answered, gone to trial, and he had prevailed on the merits, and a Judgment had been entered...
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A Treatise on Damages: Covering the Entire Law of Damages, Both ..., Volume 2

Joseph Asbury Joyce, Howard Clifford Joyce - 1903 - 1046 pages
...performed his contract." The rule that it is the object of the law in actions upon contracts to place the plaintiff in as good a position as he would have been if the contract had been fulfilled, applies in the case of actions to recover for breach of promise...
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Principles of the Law of Damages

Hugh Evander Willis - 1910 - 260 pages
...contract price. If the article is bought and sold in the market, the market price shows what it would cost to put the plaintiff in as good a position as he would have been if the contract had been performed. The damages here referred to are direct damages, not consequential....
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Harvard Law Review, Volume 24

1911 - 728 pages
...based on estoppel. In an action of tort for deceit it may be said that the law should endeavor to place the plaintiff in as good a position as he would have been in had no tort been committed; that is, if the plaintiff had not entered into the bargain at all. On the other...
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