Measure of damages — Generally
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Howard v. Sterchi (1992)
Most recently applied in Rosen v. Protective Life Insurance (September 2011)
of Code section. — This Code section is derived from the decision in Georgia R.R. v
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. (Civil Code 1895, § 3799; Civil Code 1910, § 4395;
Code 1933, § 20-1407.)
Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.