CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 356
Buyer’s Damages for Breach of Contract for Sale of Real
Property (Civ. Code, § 3306)
To recover damages for the breach of a contract to sell real property,
[name of plaintiff] must prove:
1. The difference between the fair market value of the property on
the date of the breach and the contract price;
2. The amount of any payment made by [name of plaintiff] toward
the purchase;
3. The amount of any reasonable expenses for examining title and
preparing documents for the sale;
4. The amount of any reasonable expenses in preparing to occupy
the property; and
5. [Insert item(s) of claimed consequential damages].
New September 2003
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2022
- Content hash
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