Clasper v Lawrence - [1990] 3 NZLR 231

Contract — Sale of land — Breach of contract — Damages — Vendor sold land to first purchaser for $50,000 and inadvertently later to second purchaser for $55,000 — Second purchaser subsequently bought the land from the first purchaser for $70,000 and claimed $15,000 from vendor for breach of contract — Whether $15,000 was the true measure of second purchaser's loss — Whether there was a defect in title limiting the second purchaser's right to recover damages for loss of his bargain — Whether second purchaser had mitigated his loss.