“There have been various cases on this subject, and in one a man was going to be married, and his horse caste a shoe, and the smith having injured the horse in putting it on, the man was late, and the lady refused to marry him; and it was held that the smith was liable for the damages resulting from the loss of the marriage…”

This quotation from a British Columbia court back in June 2, 1868 raises a number of questions, but the only one that this article will deal with is: What are consequential damages?

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