Norway v. Root

This is an action involving an express warranty that each part of an automobile shall be free from defects in material and workmanship.

The purchaser of a new Lincoln automobile, within thirty days after its acquisition and before it had been driven four thousand miles, discovered that a fire in the dashboard area had occasioned considerable damage. The insurance company of the purchaser paid him the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars for the damage sustained. The purchaser then turned the damaged automobile and the two thousand five hundred dollars over to the dealer and received a new…