In Randon v. Barton 4 Tex. 289 (1849), Randon agreed to sell to Barton, Randon's interest in land certificates which were to be sold to him under a contract with yet another party. As it turned out, Randon did not own all of the interest that he purported to sell. And Barton sued him. Before discussing the measure of damages, this Court noted that the contract over which Barton sued involved "merely . . . the transfer of unlocated land certificates." Randon, 4 Tex. at 293. Thus, the interest being sued over was in the nature of stock rather than the actual property. With that in mind, the Court reinforced the general rule that damages for breach of contract are measured by the value of the good bargained for at the time of breach. See id. But the Court then expressed its concern that that particular measure of damages, when applied to securities, failed to compensate the damaged party to the full measure of his damages. As a result, the Court applied a limited exception to the general rule, allowing damages for the highest value of the article between the time of breach and the time of trial, because the purchasers had paid the contract price in advance. See Randon, 4 Tex. at 293-94; In Randon v. Barton, 4 Tex. 289 (1849), analogizing to a contract for the delivery of stock, we held that a plaintiff injured by the defendant's breach of an agreement to deliver certain land certificates was entitled to the highest value of the certificates up until the time of trial. 4 Tex. at 295-96. Such a rule, we observed, "would be most consonant with justice." Id. at 296.