Supreme Court Allows Defendant in Contract Damages Case Due to Failure to Prove Kanpur Market Price. In a sale of goods contract deliverable f.o.r. Kanpur, damages for breach could not be assessed on Calcutta market rate absent evidence of special circumstances; buyer's claim failed for lack of proof of Kanpur rate under Section 73 of Indian Contract Act, 1872....
This civil appeal before the Supreme Court of India arose from a contract for the sale of canvas between two firms. The respondent-plaintiff firm had entered into an agreement with the appellant-defen...
