Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Russo v. Hochschild Kohn & Co.

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided March 2, 1945No. [No. 55, October Term, 1944; On Re-argument, No. 21, January Term, 1945.]Published

January Term, 1945.]

1Concurrence

Henderson and Markell, JJ.,

concur in the result, Markell, J., filing the following opinion:

Judge Henderson and I concur in the result for the following reasons:

1. This is an action against a dealer,- not a manufacturer, for breach of an implied warranty, of fitness of goods sold, under Sec. 15(1) of the Uniform Sales Act [Code, 1939, Art. 83, Sec. 33(1)]. At common law such a warranty was not implied when the seller was not a manufacturer (or grower) of the thing sold. Luria Bros. & Co. v. Klaff, 139 Md. 586, 592-595, 115 A. 849. Hitherto this new cause of action, created by the Sales Act,…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Vincent v. PalmerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1941
  2. Joannes Brothers Co. v. . LambornNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
  3. Wright v. Bristol Patent Leather Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  4. Lander v. Samuel Heller Leather Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  5. Impervious Products Co. v. GrayCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1915

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