CHESAPEAKE BUILDERS, INC. v. LEE

Record No. 961778.

492 S.E.2d 141 (1997)

CHESAPEAKE BUILDERS, INC. v. Wing K. LEE, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin E. Martingayle, Virginia Beach (Stallings & Richardson, on briefs), for appellant.

Henry E. Howell, III, Viriginia Beach (Richard H. Doummar, on brief), for appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, LACY, KEENAN, and KOONTZ, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.


KEENAN, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a purchaser of real property was entitled to recover damages for the loss of his bargain, or specific performance of the contract with an abatement in the purchase price, as a result of the sellers' breach of contract.

Chesapeake Builders, Inc. (Chesapeake) filed an amended bill of complaint against Wing K. and Dorothy W. Lee, seeking specific performance of a...

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