VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 45.560
Buyer’s Damages: Breach of Contract to Sell Property
The measure of (name of buyer)’s damages is the value of the property at the time the contract
was breached minus the contract price. (Name of buyer) must prove his damages by the greater
weight of the evidence.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
- Content hash
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