Court Opinion

ID: 8823327
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-26 15:39:48.977378+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:04:42.186662
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Barnes delivered the opinion of the court. 2. Sales, § 398*—when variance exists between allegation of breach of warranty and proof. In an action to recover for breach of a contract of sale, whereby plaintiff purchased an artificial leg of defendant, where one count in plaintiff’s declaration averred a breach of warranty, evidence held not to support the count although there was evidence of a verbal warranty by defendant, where it appeared that subsequently a written contract containing no warranty was tendered to and accepted by plaintiff. 3. Evidence, § 345*—when evidence of parol warranty inadmissible te contradict subsequent written agreement. In an action to recover for breach of a contract whereby plaintiff purchased an artificial leg of defendant, evidence of a verbal warranty of the leg by defendant held properly stricken, where it appeared that a written contract not containing a warranty, but embodying the conditions under which the leg was sold, was subsequently tendered to and accepted by plaintiff. 4. Sales, § 404*—when damages not recoverable for lack of proof. In an action to recover for breach of warranty contained in a contract of sale whereby plaintiff purchased an artificial leg of defendant, there is no basis for an assessment of damages where there is no evidence of the value of the leg actually furnished, as the measure of damages is the difference in value between the leg furnished and that which the contract required defendant to furnish. 5. Sales, § 401*—when evidence sufficient to show acceptance in action for breach of warranty. In an action to recover for breach of a contract whereby plaintiff purchased an artificial leg of defendant, where it appeared that plaintiff never returned the leg to defendant, although she complained that it did not conform to the contract, evidence held to show an acceptance of the leg. 6. Sales, § 388*—when buyer should be required to elect remedy. In an action to recover damages for alleged breach of contract, where in one count plaintiff declares on a breach of warranty and in another count alleges a rescission of the contract, plaintiff should be required to elect which cause of action she would rely upon, for the reason that the remedies are inconsistent, in that an allegation of a breach of warranty implicitly affirms the sale, while a rescission involves a disaffirmance thereof.