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# O.C.G.A. § 13-6-2. Measure of damages — Generally.

Damages recoverable for a breach of contract are such as arise naturally and according to the usual course of things from such breach and such as the parties contemplated, when the contract was made, as the probable result of its breach.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 3799; Civil Code 1910, § 4395; Code 1933, § 20-1407.

## Law Reviews

For article discussing recovery of anticipatory damages in breach of contract actions, see 11 Ga. B.J. 18 (1948). For annual survey of law of contracts, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 107 (1986). For article, ‘‘Recent Developments in Construction Law,’’ see 5 Ga. St. B.J. 24 (1999).

## History of Code Section.

This Code section is derived from the decision in Georgia R.R. v. Hayden, 71 Ga. 518, 51 Am. R. 274 (1883).