Hall v. Grant
Hall v. Grant
Opinion of the Court
(After stating the foregoing facts.) It is a well-settled rule of law that for every breach of a contract the wrongdoer must respond to the injured party in damages to the extent and in satisfaction of the" injury received. “ In statutes or other legal instruments giving compensation for ‘ damages,’ the
/ A reading of the contract in question discloses that under its ' terms an immediate delivery of the new truck was contemplated upon its being signed. But the petition alleged that no delivery of such truck had ever been made. The inclusion of the provision that time should be of the essence of the contract was evidently based upon the proposition of immediate delivery of the property therein described upon the signing thereof. The petition, as amended, admits that the note was not paid on the date when due, but alleges that shortly thereafter the plaintiff tendered payment of the note to the defendants, and that the defendants declined acceptance of payment at that time, “ stating that they did not have a truck at that time to deliver, but would deliver one later and then the note could be' paid. ” We are of the opinion that this is an allegation of waiver on the part of the defendants of the provision in the contract that time should be of the essence of the contract The petition alleged that the plaintiff had tendered to the defendants the sum due on the note and the defendants refused to accept the same. We are of the opinion that the petition as amended set forth a cause of action
Judgment reversed.
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