Video Entertainment, Inc. v. Cartridge Rental Network
Video Entertainment, Inc. v. Cartridge Rental Network
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff-appellant filed suit in the Civil Court of Fulton County for damages arising from the defendant-appellee’s alleged breach of a distributorship agreement (contract) entered into between the parties. The contract provided for the plaintiff to be the defendant’s distributor for the defendant’s products in the cartridge television industry in Georgia, Alabama and certain counties in Florida. The plaintiff corporation was formed for the sole purpose of carrying out the terms and conditions of the contract. The defendant was unable to perform its part of the contract and undoubtedly breached the contract. The plaintiffs action is for money paid for
The trial judge considered evidence in ruling on the defendant’s motion. Thus, we treat it as one for partial summary judgment. Code Ann. § 81A-112 (b) (Ga. L. 1966, pp. 609, 622). All inferences and conflicts are resolved against the defendant movant. State Farm &c. Ins. Co. v. Tucker, 130 Ga. App. 187, 188 (202 SE2d 551) and cits.
"Damages recoverable for a breach of contract are such as arise naturally and according to the usual course of things from such breach, and such as the parties contemplated, when the contract was made, as the probable result of its breach.” Code § 20-1407.
Judgment reversed.
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