Legal Opinion
Keenan v. Cherry Webb
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 11, 1925PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.
Action of assumpsit for breach of warranty of merchantability. Plaintiff got a verdict for $123. Defendants are before us on exceptions to admission of certain evidence, to the refusal of the trial court to direct a verdict in their favor or to grant, them a new trial.
On December 2, 1920, the plaintiff bought of defendants, dealers in ready-to-wear clothes, a French Coney coat for $99. Coney is a kind of rabbit skin. The saleswoman represented the coat as “a good coat”, said that it would “wear very good” and told plaintiff that she “would not be sorry if she bought it”. Plaintiff testified…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Barnard v. KelloggSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Ward v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Farrell v. Manhattan Market Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Ireland v. Louis K. Liggett Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Luria Bros. & Co. v. KlaffCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1921
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Frank R. Jelleff, Inc. v. Blanche K. BradenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Crotty v. Shartenberg's-New Haven, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- Scittarelli v. Providence Gas Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Adams v. Peter Tramontin Motor SalesNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1956
- Marketing Design Source, Inc. v. Pranda North America, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2002
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