Court Opinion

ID: 9812782
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 22:47:52.08098+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:26:31.528437
License: Public Domain

Clakk, C. L,
dissenting: This is an action to recover damages for defective quality in the sale of a lot of “red-marrow beans.” The evidence of the plaintiff is that the beans were “in good condition so far as could be seen on inspection; that they looked hard and natural, but that after being cooked for four or five hours they still remained hard.” There was no evidence that these beans, if cooked for four or five hours, would ordinarily be made fit for use. There was therefore no defect shown in the beans,- and a nonsuit should have been ordered.
As a matter of fact, these beans are well known as the famous “Boston Baked Beans,” and when perfectly fresh, it is said, can be cooked in six hours. But when matured, as these were, they are required to be soaked in water for twelve hours and then cooked from six to twelve before they ■ are edible. However this may be, there was an absence of all evidence showing any defect in these beans or that they should have been cooked in five hours.