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Buyer Not Entitled to “Loss of Bargain” Damages for Breach of Purchase Contract

The contract for the sale of a parcel of real property included the following: “It is the understanding of the parties that at the present time, seller is not in title to the property.  Seller is a first mortgage holder and the mortgage is in default.  In the event that the title holder does not agree to signing over a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the seller will institute foreclosure proceedings with the courts.  Seller shall be able to provide good and clear title in accordance with this contract.” The defendant-seller, however, was outbid at the foreclosure sale and could not provide the buyer with good and clear title.  In the lawsuit brought by the buyer, the buyer sought so-called “loss of bargain” damages.  In affirming the trial court’s denial of buyer’s request for “loss of bargain” damages, the Fourth Department explained:

It is well settled that “[t]he vendee in a contract for the sale of land is not ordinarily entitled, upon breach, on failure to convey, to recover of the vendor damages measured by the goodness of his bargain or the financial benefit which would result from performance, and it is only when the vendor is for some reason chargeable with bad faith in the matter that recovery beyond nominal damages on that account can be had” … .Thus, “[i]f a vendee knows of the inability of his vendor to convey the title he has undertaken to convey, the vendee’s damages are not measurable by the loss of his bargain” … .  Khanjani v Schreiber, 141, CA 12-00494, 4th Dept. 3-15-13

 

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