J. A. Laporte Corp. v. Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corp.

Bond, O. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Oonrt.

A buyer of cement from a manufacturer repudiated its contract before any of tbe cement had been delivered or called for, and tbe seller, treating tbe whole contract as broken, recovered judgment for damages from tbe breach measured by tbe difference between tbe cost of production and tbe contract price, in so far as it was found feasible to estimate damages; and on tbe buyer’s appeal tbe question chiefly argued is whether this was tbe correct measure of damages under tbe facts shown.

The Laporte Corporation, having a contract for tbe construction…