Court Opinion

ID: 9778684
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 21:16:21.384658+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:33:12.598763
License: Public Domain

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I agree with the majority’s reasoning and ruling on point of error two and concur in the majority’s ruling on point of error one. The simple issue before us on this first point of error is whether or not the statue of limitations on the written warranty expired four years from the date of delivery or four years from the date the appellees first discovered the breach. The controlling statue states:
a. An action for breach of any contract for sale must be commenced within four years after the cause of action . accrued. By the original agreement, the parties may reduce the period of limitation to not less than one year but may not extend it.
b. A cause of action accrues when the breach occurs, regardless of the aggrieved party’s lack of knowledge of the breach. A breach of warranty occurs when tender of delivery is made, except that where a warranty explicitly extends to future performance of the yoods and discovery of the breach must await the time of such performance the cause of action accrues when the breach is or should have been discovered.
Tex.Bus. & Com.Code Ann. § 2.725 (Tex. UCC) (Vernon 1968) (emphasis added).
The Supreme Court has held that emphasis must be placed upon the term “explicitly,” and the warranty must make specific refer*602ence to a specific date in the future. Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Certainteed Corp, 710 S.W.2d 544, 548 (Tex.1986). The boat in question was warranted against failures by defects in material and workmanship for 12 months from date of purchase. It does not contain the explicit language required by Safeway Stores, Inc., but the language that it does contain should be enough. I believe the dictates of Safeway Stores and Muss v. Mercedes-Benz of North America, 734 S.W.2d 155 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1987, writ refd n.r.e.), which draw a distinction between warranted performance and warranted remedy were not required nor envisioned by Tex.Bus. & Com. Code Ann. § 2.725 (Tex.UCC) (Vernon 1968).