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Tongish v. Thomas

Kansas Supreme Court

840 P.2d 471 (1992)

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After sunflower seed prices doubled, Tongish (defendant) knowingly and intentionally refused to deliver the remaining contracted seeds to Coop (plaintiff), instead selling them to another buyer for $5,153 more than the contract price; the trial court limited Coop's damages to the $455 handling fee it would have earned as its actual loss, but the appellate court reversed, applying the market-price measure under UCC § 2-713 instead.

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Whether, if the difference between the market price and the contract price exceeds the buyer's actual loss, a court may limit damages to the amount of the actual loss.

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