Torstenson v. Melcher

This was an action to recover the purchase price of a registered Hereford bull and resulting damages by reason of express and implied warranties. A jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Plaintiffs appeal, alleging an erroneous instruction on exclusion of an implied warranty, and the insufficiency of evidence to support the verdict. We affirm.

Plaintiffs, father and son, have been engaged in the registered Hereford cattle business in Pierce County since 1949. They run 60 to 70 cows on their 345-acre farm. The defendant has been in the registered Hereford cattle business since 1948 on a…