Contracts Keyed to Farnsworth
Groves v. John Wunder Co.
ProfessorMelissa A. Hale
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Plaintiff owned a tract of land. Both Plaintiff Defendant operated plants for excavating and screening gravel. The contract at issue here was essentially a lease from Plaintiff to Defendant for a term of seven years. Defendant agreed to remove sand and gravel from Plaintiff’s property and leave the land at a uniform grade, using the stripped overburden for the purpose of creating the grade. Defendant received the Groves screening plant and paid $105,000. Thereafter, Defendant intentionally breached the contract by removing the “richest and best of the gravel” and leaving the premises not substantially at the grade required by the contract. Rather, it was “broken, rugged and uneven.” The cost of bringing the land into compliance with the contract would be upwards of $60,000. However, if Defendant had fully performed by leaving the land at a uniform grade, it would have only been worth $12,160.
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