2020 Georgia Code
Title 13 - Contracts
Chapter 6 - Damages and Costs Generally
§ 13-6-9. Damages and Expenses Recoverable - Expenses Necessary for Compliance With Contract

Universal Citation: GA Code § 13-6-9 (2020)

Any necessary expense which one of two contracting parties incurs in complying with the contract may be recovered as damages.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2891; Code 1868, § 2899; Code 1873, § 2950; Code 1882, § 2950; Civil Code 1895, § 3806; Civil Code 1910, § 4402; Code 1933, § 20-1414.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 22 Am. Jur. 2d, Damages, § 179 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 25 C.J.S., Damages, §§ 62 et seq.

ALR.

- Reduction of claim under contract as affecting right to interest, 89 A.L.R. 678.

Right to recover, in action for breach of contract, expenditures incurred in preparation for performance, 17 A.L.R.2d 1300.

Measure and element of damages recoverable from vendor where there has been a mistake as to amount of land conveyed, 94 A.L.R.3d 1091.

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