Case Name: Harris v. Texas Company
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1927-09-28
Citations: 37 Ga. App. 227
Docket Number: 17599
Parties: Harris v. Texas Company.
Judges: Jenkins, P. J., and Bell, J., conawr.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 227–228

Head Matter:
17599.
Harris v. Texas Company.

Opinion:
Stephens, J.
1. Where, after a seller under an executory contract of sale has breached tlie contract by a refusal to deliver the goods at the contract price, the purchaser buys the goods from the seller at a higher price demanded, the purchaser does not thereby waive the seller's breach of the contract, if the purchaser is unable to purchase goods of a similar character elsewhere at the contract price; and where, if the purchaser fails to purchase goods of the seller, the seller may, by the terms of another contract between him arid the purchaser, cancel the latter contract to the detriment of the purchaser's business, and it is therefore essential to the purchaser's business interests that lie accede to tlie seller's demand and purchase the goods only from • tlie seller, and where at the time of paying tlie advanced price he does so under protest and asserts tlie seller's breach of the contract, the purchaser does not by such conduct waive the seller's breach of the contract, and the rights of the parties are still governed by the contract. Secor v. Ardsley Ice Co., 133 App. Div. 136 (117 N. Y. Supp. 414). American Brewing Co. v. City of St. Louis, 187 Mo. 367 (86 S. W. 129, 2 Ann. Cas. 821).
2. The purchaser, after having purchased from the seller at the advanced price, may sue to recover from the seller the difference between the contract price and the price at which the purchaser bought.
Decided September 28, 1927.
Stephens & Stephens, for plaintiff.
Adams & Adams, for defendant.
3. The petition set out a cause of action and was improperly dismissed on demurrer.
Judgment reversed.
Jenkins, P. J., and Bell, J., conawr.