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Specific Performance--Damages--Action At Law By Vendor Of Land For The Full Purchase Price
Specific Performance--Damages--Action At Law By Vendor Of Land For The Full Purchase Price
Michigan Law Review
In an action at law by a vendor of land for breach of contract by the purchaser, the title not having passed, the traditional measure of damages is the difference between the contract price and the value of the land at the time the vendor's conveyance was due. But where a conveyance is not yet due from the vendor a majority of jurisdictions allow recovery of all but the last installment of the purchase money, on the ground that in that case the promise to pay is independent of the vendor's promise to convey. Even where a conveyance is due …
Contracts - Fraud - Waiver Of Deceit Action By Continued Performance
Contracts - Fraud - Waiver Of Deceit Action By Continued Performance
Michigan Law Review
Legal protection in contracts induced by fraud is subject to the important qualification that continued performance after discovery of the fraud may result in a "waiver" of the damage remedy for deceit. This doctrine, well established in modern law, is not based on any supposed inconsistency between continued performance and damages for deceit. Both continued performance and the deceit remedy are predicated upon the theory of affirmance of the contract, and no election between them is required. Nor is the doctrine of "waiver" of damages in deceit to be confused with the totally different rule that continued acceptance of the …