Rayl v. General Motors Corp.

The appellee, the plaintiff below, claiming to have bought and paid for 2,752 radio cabinets manufactured by the appellants, sued to recover the purchase price thereof alleging that latent defects made them unfit for use and thus breached an implied warranty as to their merchantability. The appellants defended on the theory (1) that the cabinets involved were made in accordance with a sample, blueprints and specifications furnished by the appellee; (2) that such materials and parts not particularly specified by the appellee were standard parts and materials purchased by the appellants on the…