This section is from the book "The Law Of Contracts", by Samuel Williston. Also available from Amazon: Treatise on the Law of Contracts.
Scope of the remedy............................................... 1464
Rescission as a remedy for breach of contract......................... 1455
Restitution of land conveyed........................................ 1456
Restitution of money paid or claim released........................... 1457
Restitution of personal property transferred............................ 1458
Recovery of value of services........................................ 1450
Anything received by plaintiff must be returned....................... 1460
Rescission for breach of warranty.................................... 1461
Authorities divided................................................ 1462
The buyer must put the seller in statu quo............................ 1463
The buyer's remedies are mutually exclusive.......................... 1464
Where no performance has been rendered............................. 1465
Repudiation without breach sufficient................................ 1466
Breach without repudiation sufficient................................. 1467
One guilty of the first breach cannot rescind.......................... 1468
Manifestation of election.......................................... 1460
Rescission of sealed contracts....................................... 1470
Minor inconsistencies............................................... 1471
Rescission in the civil law........................................... 1472
Recovery by one who has broken his contract......................... 1473
Recovery for defaulting seller's part performance...................... 1474
Recovery for labor and materials by party in default................... 1475
Recovery of money paid by party in default.......................... 1476
Recovery by an employee in default.................................. 1477
Measure of recovery in action for restitution.......................... 1478
Rescission and restitution where there is no liability on the contract...... 1479
Cost to the plaintiff or benefit to the defendant........................ 1480
Criticism of proposed tests.......................................... 1481
Benefit to the defendant is the proper test............................ 1482
How benefit to the defendant is to be calculated....................... 1483
Defendant's recoupment or counterclaim.............................. 1484
Effect of the contract price on quasi-contractual recovery............... 1485
 
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