Skebba v. Kasch

¶ 1. We conclude that the trial court misinterpreted Hoffman v. Red Owl Food Stores, 26 Wis. 2d 683, 133 N.W.2d 267 (1965) when it determined that under the holding of that case, it could not specifically enforce the promise which the jury found that Jeffrey Kasch had made, and on which the jury found that William Skebba had relied. On the facts in this case, specific performance of the promise is the only remedy that will compensate Skebba for his loss because, as the jury found, the amount Kasch promised to pay is the exact measure of what Skebba lost when Kasch refused to honor the…