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S UBJECT I NDEX

Ambiguous provisions, 305.12 declaration of meaning of ambiguous provisions, 305.4 Anticipatory repudiation (contract), 312.3 Apparent authority (contract), 305.15 Area of mutual interest agreement, 305.1, 312.17 Attorney’s fees adverse possession claims, 301.2–301.6 factors to consider, 313.33 segregation of fees, 313.33 Authority, citation of, in comments, Introduction 5 Authority of agent, 305.15 B Benefit of the bargain (contract damages), 313.21 Bifurcated trial, 300.4 Bona fide purchaser defense, 312.21 Breach of contract basic question, 305.3 multiple parties claiming material breach, 305.3B one party claiming material breach, 305.3A competing claims, 305.3A, 305.3B damages ( see Damages, contract) defenses accord and satisfaction, 312.11, 312.13 anticipatory repudiation, 312.3 basic question, 312.1 duress, 312.7 equitable estoppel, 312.6 failure of consideration, 312.2 mental capacity, 312.14 mitigation, 313.25 modification, 312.12 mutual mistake of fact, 312.9

mutual mistake—scrivener’s error, 312.10 novation, 312.11 plaintiff’s material breach, 312.2 release, 312.5 statute of frauds, 312.17 undue influence, 312.8 waiver, 312.4 joint operating agreement, 305.27, 305.28 main purpose doctrine, 305.8 materiality, 305.3A, 305.3B, 305.17, 312.2 multiple parties claiming material breach, 305.3B one party claiming material breach, 305.3A Breach of executive rights duty, 304.1, 304.2, 313.19 Broad - form, 314.2 general requirement, Introduction 4(a), 301.2, 301.4–301.6, 303.4, 305.2, 305.3A, 305.5, 305.8, 305.23, 305.24, 312.1 submitting multiple elements of damages, 313.19, 313.20, 313.23 Burden of proof . See also Evidence adverse possession, 301.2–301.6 force majeure, 303.25 injury to real property interest, permanent vs. temporary, 313.6 mental capacity, 312.14 mitigation, 313.25 paying quantities, 303.20 placement of, by instruction, Introduction 4(e) plaintiff’s failure to mitigate damages, 313.25 preponderance of the evidence, Introduction 4(e), 300.3 statute of frauds, 305.8, 312.17

C Capacity to contract, 312.14

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