Court Opinion

ID: 9667460
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 01:46:19.108453+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:38.097436
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing
Appellant in its motion for rehearing questions the applicability of the case of Rumely Products Co. v. Moss, Tex.Civ. App., 175 S.W. 1084, 1087 to this case. We cited that case as authority for holding that the appellee’s measure of damages was not limited by a clause in the written contract of sale between the appellant and the appellee, which clause limited the ap-pellee to the price paid for the chickens as his damage for any breach of the contract *70As we view the matter, the appellee did not bring his action for breach of such written contract of sale, but for the antecedent fraudulent representations by the appellant which induced him to enter into such contract of sale and buy chickens which spread disease throughout his flock to cause him damage. His action was for the fraudulent representations and the damages suffered by him as a consequence thereof. We believe that the following quoted portion of the opinion in Rumely Products Co. v. Moss, supra, supports our view:
“It is earnestly insisted in appellant’s brief that the measure of the plaintiff's damages is limited and restricted by the written contract of warranty, and that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover the market value of his crop of peas, even though as a result of appellant’s breach of the contract he may have lost the entire crop. Controverting that contention, counsel for appellee submits the following counter proposition:
“ ‘Where a plaintiff, by false representations, was induced to purchase machinery which was sold on written contract containing certain warranties in a suit against the seller for damages, the plaintiff is not restricted to an action on the written contract, but can base his suit on antecedent fraud by which the contract was procured.’
“In support of that contention Jones v. George, 61 Tex. 345, 48 Am.Rep. 280, Cobb v. O’Neal, 2 Sneed 438, 34 Tenn. 438; Blythe v. Speake, 23 Tex. 429, and 14 Cyc. 29 and 30, are cited. We sustain the contention urged on behalf of appellee, and hold that the measure of damages in this case is not limited to the remedies stipulated in the written contract * * ”
We have considered all the matters raised in appellant’s motion for rehearing, and believe them to be without merit. The motion is overruled.