Court Opinion

ID: 9762576
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 02:26:42.395201+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:35.562785
License: Public Domain

ROWE, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result, but I would base the decision on a ground other than that given in the majority’s opinion. I would simply hold that where goods are sold and delivered, the buyer may not require the seller, in the absence of some special contractual provision to the contrary, to take back the goods as an offset against the purchase price. The doctrine of mitigation of damages is not applicable under these circumstances. The standard bargain made by the seller is to exchange his goods for a monetary price. The law does not compel a party to accept a consideration different from that to which he is entitled under his bargain. Stated otherwise, a party is not required to involuntarily surrender a present substantive right and take another in its place, no matter how valuable the substitute may be. Thus, the particular defensive issue sought to be raised by the nonmovant buyer in this case is not one cognizable either under the common law or under the Texas Business and Commerce Code. The trial court properly disregarded it and rendered summary judgment in favor of the seller for the agreed monetary price of the goods.