Court rules horse trade price must include agreed stud fee value calculated at average market rate at performance deadline.
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AI generatedThe court upheld a claim for additional compensation in a horse sale contract where the seller failed to deliver a stud horse as agreed. The plaintiff argued the total price should include the stud horse's value, calculated based on the average market rate at the time the performance was due. The court agreed, ruling that the contract price must encompass the agreed stud fee value determined by prevailing market conditions when the performance deadline would have occurred.
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AI generatedS. 1001 s. 1002 s. 1003 k.r.: When a contract specifies a price plus a separate item of value to be delivered, the total price must include the value of that item calculated according to the average market rate at the time the performance was due.
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Kysymys hevoskaupassa myyjälle kauppahinnan lisäksi luvatun varsan arvosta.
Sopimukseen perustuvan luontoissuorituksen laiminlyönnistä johtuvan korvauksen määrä oli arvioitava sen keskimääräisen hintatason mukaan, joka vallitsi silloin, kun luontoissuoritus, jolle ei ollut asetettu määräpäivää, olisi voitu viimeistään täyttää.
Vrt. Kivimäki-Ylöstalo: Siviilioikeuden oppikirja, 1964, s. 446
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