LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Edward Demers vs. Andrews Bros.
Citation: 29 R.I. 209
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1908-06-10
Docket Number: 
Pages: 209–209
Volume: 29
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports

Parties: Edward Demers vs. Andrews Bros.

Edward Demers vs. Andrews Bros.
JUNE 10, 1908.
Present: Douglas, C. J., Dubois, Blodgett, Johnson, and Parkhurst, JJ.
Deceit. Warranty.
Where inferior material was substituted in place of that which was agreed to be furnished an action of the case in deceit for breach of warranty will lie.
Trespass on the Case for deceit.
Heard on exceptions of defendant, and overruled.
John J. Heffernan and Louis S. Bachand, for plaintiff.
Herbert L. Carpenter, for defendant.

Per Curiam.
This action is brought to recover damages in deceit, for breach of a warranty of bridgework upon the plaintiff’s teeth. The evidence shows that the warranty was broken by the substitution of inferior material in place of gold, which was agreed to be furnished and used.
That the action of trespass on the case for deceit lies in such a case is settled in this State by Piche v. Robbins, 24 R. I. 325, 326, following Place v. Merrill, 14 R. I. 578; Fogarty v. Barnes, 16 R. I. 627; Ingraham v. Union R. R. Co., 19 R. I. 356, and White v. Fitch, 19 R. I. 687.
The defendant’s exceptions are overruled, and the cause is remitted to the Superior Court for judgment on the verdict.