Legal Opinion
Reliance Cooperage Corp. v. Treat
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1952No. 14441PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The question for decision is whether the measure of the general damages recoverable by a purchaser for the nonperformance by a seller of an executory contract for the sale of goods is changed or affected by an unaccepted anticipatory repudiation of the contract by the seller.
The parties to this action entered into a contract which, so far as pertinent, reads as follows:
“This Agreement entered into in St. Louis, Missouri this 12th day of July, 1950 by and between Reliance Cooperage Corporation, an Illinois corporation, Party of the First Part, and A. R. Treat, of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Roehm v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- New Orleans v. WarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Wahl v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1928
- Peterson Steels, Inc. v. SeidmonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Hawkinson v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Fredonia Broadcasting Corporation, Inc. v. Rca CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- G.E.J. Corporation and M.F. Corporation v. Uranium Aire, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Mobil Oil Corporation v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1974
- Coos Lumber Co. v. Builders Lumber & Supply Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1963
- Simpson Feed Co., Inc. v. Continental Grain CoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1952
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