Ford Motor Company v. Keating

This was a suit for breach of express warranty on a Ford automobile in the Small Claims Branch of the trial court. Judgment was for the plaintiff in the amount of $39.30.

Plaintiff lived in Annandale, Virginia and purchased the car from Logan Motor Company in Washington, D.C. About nine months after he bought it, the plaintiff noticed some vibrations in the front end which became more pronounced at higher speeds. After about a week of this the plaintiff decided to have the car repaired as he had planned a trip to Connecticut the next day. He left the car at a Texaco service station on his way…