Brandt v. Buckley
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint; from Clarke superior court — Judge W. L. I-Iodges. May 28, 1920. Application for certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court.
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Complaint; from Clarke superior court — Judge W. L. I-Iodges. May 28, 1920. Application for certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court. In November, 1915, Paul Buckley brought an action against Rudolph Brandt to require the defendant to specifically perform a contract by delivering to him certain shares of corporate stock which he had purchased of the defendant, under the terms of a contract between them, executed January 10, 1914, for which stock he had on the date of the contract paid the defendant the agreed price. A copy of the contract was attached to the petition as an exhibit. It…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) This suit as finally framed by amendment was for damages on account of the breach of a contract for the delivery of certain corporate stock for which the plaintiff had paid the defendant. There was evidence to establish the contract and its breach by the defendant. The vital point is whether there was any evidence authorizing the jury to find that the amount of their verdict in favor of the plaintiff represented the damages recoverable under the law for the breach of the contract. The general rule is that the measure of damages recoverable of the seller…
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