Brown's Auto Salvage v. Piche

The plaintiff, Brown’s Auto Salvage, brought an action in small claims court against the defendant, Beverly Piche, seeking to recover the purchase price of an automobile engine sold to her. The trial court entered judgment for the plaintiff. We affirm in part and remand the case for further proceedings.

In November of 1983, defendant purchased from the plaintiff an engine for her daughter’s car. The parties agreed to a price of $416.00, and plaintiff accepted a check as payment. A few days later, the engine was delivered to the defendant. Upon inspection of the engine, the defendant decided…