Hadley v Baxendale

Hadley v Baxendale
An English case notable for the principle that the damages recoverable for breach of contract are such as may fairly and reasonably be considered as arising naturally–that is, according to the usual course of things–from the breach of the contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of its breach. 9 Exch 341, 156 Eng Reprint 145.

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