 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1909 - 1076 páginas
...quote the words of Justice Seldon, in Hamilton v. McPherson, ''imposes upon a party subjected to injury the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible." But the rule requires such exertions only as are reasonable. This is illustrated by two cases in the... | |
 | 1885 - 550 páginas
...EXPENSE RENDERING INJURY LIGHT. — In addition to the general measure of damages, the law in some cases imposes upon a party injured from another's breach...exertions to render the injury as light as possible. Where this duty exists, the labor or expense which its performance involves is chargeable to the party... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, Erasmus Peshine Smith, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Joel Tiffany, Samuel Hand - 1870 - 704 páginas
...marriage." II. " The law, for wise reasons, imposes upon a party subjected to injury by breach of contract, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. Public interest and sound morality accord with the law in demanding this ; and if the injured party,... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1870 - 722 páginas
...II. " The law, for wise reasons, imposes upon a party subjected to injury from a breach of contract, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. Public interest and sound morality accord with the law in demanding this ; and if the injured party,... | |
 | 1873 - 532 páginas
...Damages for breach. —The law imposes on a party subject to injury from u breach of contract by another, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as slight as possible. And if the injured party, through negligence or willfulness, allows the damages... | |
 | Austin Abbott - 1873 - 588 páginas
...says, " The law, for wise reasons, imposes upon a party subjected to injury from a breach of contract, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as, light as possible. Public interest and sound morality accord with the law in demanding this, and if the injured party,... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1887 - 738 páginas
...Hadley vs. Baxendale, yet if through neglect of the duty which the law imposes on the injured party of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible, the damages are unnecessarily enlarged, the increased loss falls on him. Hamilton vs. McPherson, 28... | |
 | New York (State). Superior Court (New York), James Clark Spencer, Samuel Jones - 1875 - 612 páginas
...repair the rooms," was error. The law imposes upon a party subjected to injury from a breach of contract the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible ; and if the injured party, through negligence or willfulness, allows the damages to be unnecessarily... | |
 | 1880 - 688 páginas
...warranty. The law imposes upon a party subjected to injury from a breach of contract by the other party the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. If the injured party, through negligence or wilfulness, allows the damages to be unnecessarily enhanced,... | |
 | 1877 - 682 páginas
...neglect. "The law, for wise reasons, imposes upon a party subjected to injury from a breach of contract, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible," and if he through his "negligence and willfulness allows the damages to be unnecessarily enhanced the... | |
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Hamilton v. McPherson, 28 NY 72, it is said by Judge Selden: 'The law, for wise reasons, imposes upon a party subjected to injury from a breach of contract, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. 
